English Muffin Bread

I’m going through a serious homemade bread phase – I can’t get enough of it! Homemade loaves, bagels, muffins, buns, rolls, baguettes – I’ll give anything a try. When I saw this recipe on Brown Eyed Baker for English Muffin Bread, I knew I had to make it, too. This is another bread recipe that's great for beginners - there is only 60-90 minutes waiting time and only 1 lot of kneading needs to be done!

I love English muffins. The first time I ever had them was…ahem…as part of a Breakfast McMuffin from McDonald’s. You can slander them all you want but I adore Breakfast McMuffins. Fortunately for my waistline, there is only one McDonald’s restaurant on the island which still serves these beauties so I very rarely get to enjoy them.

This loaf didn’t really bare any similarities to English muffins for me, but it was still great. It’s definitely best thickly sliced and toasted – the outside becomes golden and crisp, whereas the inside stays fluffy and soft.  

English Muffin Bread

Recipe from Brown Eyed Baker

Ingredients

3 cups flour

1 tablespoon sugar

1½ teaspoons salt

¼ teaspoon baking soda

1 tablespoon instant yeast

1 cup milk

¼ cup water

2 tablespoons oil

Cornmeal, to sprinkle in pan

Recipe

1. Mix together the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and yeast in a bowl.

2. Separately, whisk together the milk, water and oil in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in the microwave on full power until the mixture is warm/hot – you should be able to keep your finger in it without burning. This was about 20 seconds for me.

3. Pour the liquid into the dry ingredients and knead in an electric mixer with the dough hooks attached for about 1 minute. The dough will be really soft.

4. Grease an 8½” x 4½” loaf pan and sprinkle the bottom and sides with cornmeal. If you don’t have any cornmeal you can skip this step and it will work just as well. Scoop the dough into the pan and level it as neatly as you can.

5. Grease a piece of plastic wrap and cover the dough and pan. Leave to rise for about 60-90 minutes or until the dough can just be seen over the rim of the pan from eye-level.

6. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F. Remove the plastic wrap and bake for 22-27 minutes, or until golden brown.

7. Remove the bread from the oven and after 5 minutes turn it out of the pan and leave on a wire rack to cool. No matter how difficult it may be, leave to cool completely before slicing. 





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