English Muffin Bread

Name: English Muffin Bread
Cuisine: European, British
Ingredients: ▢4 ½ cups All-Purpose flour, you may need less or a little more; ▢2 tablespoons yeast, or 2 packets; ▢1 tablespoon honey, or sugar; ▢¼ cup warm water, 110F; ▢2 teaspoons kosher salt; ▢¼ teaspoon baking soda; ▢2 ¼ cups warm milk, 110F; ▢Butter and cornmeal for greasing and dusting the pans

12 steps

Easy English muffin bread is perfect for toasting and has all of the craggy, craters and toasty bits that hold those pools of melting butter. No fail, no knead recipe with just one rise! Freezes well, too.

Updated at: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 13:38:43 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

High

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories179.4 kcal (9%)

Total Fat2.3 g (3%)

Carbs33.8 g (13%)

Sugars2.9 g (3%)

Protein5.3 g (11%)

Sodium259.9 mg (13%)

Fiber1.3 g (5%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

16 servings

4 ½ cupsAll-Purpose flour

you may need less or a little more

2 tablespoonsyeast

2 ets

1 tablespoonhoney

or sugar

¼ cupwater

warm, 110F

2 teaspoonskosher salt

¼ teaspoonbaking soda

2 ¼ cupsmilk

warm, 110F

Butter

for greasing and dusting the pans

cornmeal

Instructions

Step 1

Mix the yeast, honey, and water. Set aside.

Step 2

Stir the salt, baking soda, and flour together.

Step 3

Add the milk and one cup of the flour to the yeast mixture.

Step 4

Blend well.

Step 5

Add the remaining flour, OR ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU A SOFT GOOPY DOUGH and beat.

Step 6

You should have a very soft, goopy dough. Yes. I said goopy. See the video for a visual.

Step 7

Spoon the dough into 2 loaf pans that have been greased and dusted with the cornmeal. The pans I use are 9x5-inch Use coarsely ground cornmeal to dust the pans. It will give you that flavor and slight texture that the conventional English muffins have. If you don't have any cornmeal you can just dust the pan with flour instead. Not a big deal but not as good either.

Step 8

Set aside in a warm place until the batter has doubled and is at the top of the pans, or a little above. This may take 30 to 45 minutes.

Step 9

Preheat the oven to 425F

Step 10

Dust the tops of the loaves with cornmeal and bake for 15 minutes or so. Loaf will sound hollow when tapped.

Step 11

Bake for 20-25 minutes if you want a crisper, more golden crust.

Step 12

Cool and slice.