English Muffin Bread (aka a very, very easy bread recipe)

Kneading might be the primary factor that daunts individuals from making bread.  I did write a “How one can knead” put up, however in case you’re nonetheless frightened of kneading, I’ve a recipe that requires no such factor!

As well as, it solely must rise one time, so it’s first yeast bread recipe to strive.

Completely not-scary.

You have to a stand mixer, although, as a result of this recipe makes use of the mixer’s power rather than kneading.

(I’ve the KitchenAid Artisan Sequence 5-Quart Mixer and it’s marvelous.  Extremely advocate it.)

Like English muffins, this bread has a considerably hole-y texture, and it’s at its finest when toasted.

And naturally, butter and jam elevate it to heavenly ranges.

Right here’s methods to make some for your self.

Mix 3 cups of all-purpose flour with the yeast, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a mixer bowl.

Warmth liquids to 120-125  °F (I do that within the microwave).

Add heat liquids to dry elements in mixer bowl, and blend for two minutes.

It is going to be fairly runny at this level.

Add remaining flour and beat for 2 minutes. The dough might be fairly thick.

Spray two 8.5 x 4.5 inch loaf pans with nonstick spray after which sprinkle with cornmeal.

You should use 9×5 inch bread pans, however your loaves might be flatter and rather less enticing.  Nonetheless tasty, although!

I do that the identical approach that I grease and flour a cake pan…I put the cornmeal in and tilt and shake the pan till it’s evenly lined.

My recipe says to pour the dough into the pans, however this dough is so thick, pouring is an impossiblity!

I often attempt to roughly divide it in two utilizing a steel spoon, however I usually get it incorrect and need to take some dough from one pan and put it within the different.

I clean the dough out a bit with moist fingertips, however you don’t have to fret about it being pristinely neat…the lumps and bumps will straighten themselves out because the dough rises.

You do need the pans to have comparatively equal quantities of dough, although, or the loaves will want totally different baking instances.

Cowl with a moist tea towel (the kind of towel that’s not fluffy) and let it rise in a heat place for an hour.

After rising for an hour, it ought to seem like this.

Bake the risen loaves in a preheated 350 °F diploma oven for 25-Half-hour.

Flip the loaves out of the pans and funky on a wire rack.

Right here’s what the completed product ought to seem like.

And right here’s the within texture.

As a result of this dough has little or no fats and sugar (that are preserving brokers), it can solely keep contemporary for a day or two on the countertop.

It freezes properly, although, so eat one loaf and freeze the opposite, as a result of for those who want a bit one thing to go together with dinner on a busy night time, it’s awfully helpful to have a loaf ready for you within the freezer.

You probably have a small family, an alternative choice is to chop the loaves in half and freeze every half individually. That approach you solely have a half loaf to cope with every time.

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P.S. My favourite bread pans, cooling rack, and mixer are listed on this put up.

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