Four-grain English Muffins

No created being was ever meant to be idle. Service and work is the appointed portion of every creature of God. The angels in heaven work – they are the Lord's ministering servants, always doing His will. Adam, in Paradise, had work – he was appointed to work and take care of the garden of Eden. And man, weak, sinful man, must have something to do, or else his soul will soon get into an unhealthy state. We must keep our hands busy, and our minds occupied with something, or else our imaginations will soon ferment and breed mischief.

J.C. Ryle

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy	English	Breads, Muffins	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	c	to 4-1/2 c. all purpose
		flour
1		Active dry yeast
1/2	c	Whole wheat flour
1/2	c	Wheat germ
1/2	c	Quick rolled oats
1	c	Nonfat powdered milk
3	T	Sugar
2	t	Salt
2	c	Water
1/4	c	Oil
1/4	c	Cornmeal

INSTRUCTIONS

1992    
In large mixer bowl, combine 2 cups all-purpose flour, yeast, whole
wheat flour, wheat germ, oats, dry milk, sugar and salt; mix well. In
saucepan, heat water and oil until very warm (120-130F.) Add to flour
mixture. Blend at low speed until moistened; beat 3minutes at medium
speed . By hand, gradually stir in enough remaining all-purpose flour
to make a firm dough. Knead on floured surface, 5 to 8 minutes. Place
in greased bowl, turning to grease top.  Cover; let rise in warm  place
until double, about 1 hour. (30 minutes for quick rising yeast.)  Punch
down dough.  On surface sprinkled with cornmeal, roll dough to  1/2
inch thickness. With biscuit or cookie cutter, cut into 3 inch
circles. Place muffins on ungreased cookie sheets. Cover; let rise in
warm place until double, about 30 minutes (15 minutes for quick  rising
yeast.) Bake on lightly oiled electric griddle or fry pan at  325 F for
about 8 minutes on each side until deep golden brown.  Cool. To serve,
split and toast.  Source:  Back of Red Star Yeast package Original Post
Date: 18 July  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at
www.synapse.com/~gemini

A Message from our Provider:

“We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. That, we feel, is a terribly precarious second-best. So long as we can fuss and work and rush about, so long as we can lend a hand, we have some hope; but if we have to fall back upon God — ah, then things must be critical indeed! #A.J. Gossip”

So deeply planted are the roots of human corruption, that even after we are born again, renewed, “washed, sanctified, justified,” and made living members of Christ, these roots remain alive in the bottom of our hearts, and, like the leprosy in the walls of the house, we never get rid of them until the earthly house of this tabernacle is dissolved. Sin, no doubt, in the believer’s heart, has no longer dominion. It is checked, controlled, mortified, and crucified by the expulsive power of the new principle of grace. The life of a believer is a life of victory, and not of failure. But the very struggles which go on within his bosom, the fight that he finds it needful to fight daily, the watchful jealousy which he is obliged to exercise over his inner man, the contest between the flesh and the spirit, the inward “groanings” which no one knows but he who has experienced them - all, all testify to the same great truth, all show the enormous power and vitality of sin. Mighty indeed must that foe be who even when crucified is still alive!

J.C. Ryle