This English Muffin is full of nooks and crannies, making it perfect for toast. Plus, it is the easiest loaf of yeast bread I have ever made – no-kneading required!
When I made this recipe on Friday, I was so excited to share it with you. The reason: I have found a bread recipe that is easier than no-knead! I started this bread at 5:30pm on Friday, and it was out of the oven by 7:30pm. Seriously, it is the easiest bread I have ever made and the results were great!
I picked English Muffin bread because I wanted to bake something as a housewarming gift for my friend JC who just moved into a new apartment. She loves english muffins so I figured this would be the perfect recipe. Thankfully I made two loaves because TheBetterHalf and I devoured half a loaf for breakfast on Saturday! The bread is light and full of nooks and crannies. It was great fresh out of the oven (yes, I broke the rule yet again and didn’t let it cool completely. I just can’t help myself!), but it was even better toasted and spread with butter.
Heat the liquid ingredients to 120°F – 130°F
Mixing at high speed – action shot!
The dough before it goes in the pan. It is very sticky.
The dough before rising. This recipe makes only one loaf – I made two.
The risen dough.
Look at those bubbles!
Finished product – so happy I made two loaves so that I could sample!
Nooks and crannies.
Thick slices, perfect for toasting.
Breakfast of champions!
We go heavy on the butter…
This English Muffin is full of nooks and crannies, making it perfect for toast. Plus, it is the easiest loaf of yeast bread I have ever made - no-kneading required!
Ingredients
- 3 cups (361 grams) unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon (14 grams) sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon instant yeast
- 1 cup (227 grams) milk
- 1/4 cup (57 grams) water
- 2 tablespoons (25 grams) vegetable oil or olive oil
- cornmeal, to sprinkle in pan
Instructions
- Whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, and instant yeast in a large mixing bowl.
- Combine the milk (I used 1%), water, and oil (I used vegetable) in a separate, microwave-safe bowl, and heat to between 120°F and 130°F. Be sure to stir the liquid well before measuring its temperature; you want an accurate reading. If you don't have a thermometer, the liquid will feel quite hot (hotter than lukewarm), but not so hot that it would be uncomfortable as bath water.
- Pour the hot liquid over the dry ingredients in the mixing bowl.
- Beat at high speed for 1 minute. The dough will be very soft.
- Lightly grease an 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" loaf pan, and sprinkle the bottom and sides with cornmeal.
- Scoop the soft dough into the pan, leveling it in the pan as much as possible.
- Cover the pan, and let the dough rise until it's just barely crowned over the rim of the pan. When you look at the rim of the pan from eye level, you should see the dough, but it shouldn't be more than, say, 1/4" over the rim. This will take about 45 minutes to 1 hour, if you heated the liquid to the correct temperature and your kitchen isn't very cold.
- While the dough is rising, preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Remove the cover, and bake the bread for 22 to 27 minutes, until it is golden brown and its interior temperature is 190°F.
- Remove the bread from the oven, and after 5 minutes turn it out of the pan onto a rack to cool. Let the bread cool completely before slicing.
Notes
Recipe from King Arthur Flour
Yummy!!!! They don’t have English muffins in Holland and I rarely have the time to make them from scratch. Can’t wait to try this! 🙂
This looks delicious!!! Seriously going to make this tonight so we can have for breakfast tomorrow!!
Thank you! It is so easy to make you could even make it in the morning!
We are in the process of making it… Didnt have time yesterday.. For some reason our didnt look so soft so we added a little more liquid… We will keep you posted.
Please do! I can’t wait to hear how yours turned out
Ok.. It turned out great!
It was crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside.. We had it with a little butter and honey and all the little pockets are perfect because the sock up the spread..
We are going to have to give it another run, because like we said, we had to add more liquid for some reason. As a result it didnt rise so high, so we didnt get that over the loaf pan shape.
Just had our aha moment!!! We are going to email you.. lol
Mmmmm… definitely have to try this 🙂
It is such a great recipe! Let me know if you like it 🙂
I gave the recipe a go and the edible parts tasted fantastic! But I must have done something wrong… the dough was way too dry (more like lumpy flour than dough); so I added more warm water to make it like your sticky dough… but even with 30 min extra baking, only part of it was properly baked 🙁 So sad! Any idea what I might have done wrong?
I’m so sorry this didn’t work out for you! Did you heat the liquid (milk+water+oil) to the correct temperature? Check out this blog entry for some more info on this bread: http://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2008/12/25/a-toast-for-the-new-year/
Hmmm… well I didn’t have a thermometer so I just heated it to warm-but-not-hot-bath like your post said 🙂 Will check out the link, thank you 🙂
Think I’ll need to invest in a thermometer 🙂
I have been dying to make english muffin bread for awhile now! Yours looks wonderful. I want some for breakfast!
It makes the best toast for breakfast! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
My husband loves making bread and he’s never tried this! Last weekend we were actually going to try to make english muffins for the first time. But if this bread tastes like them then that will be WAY easier. 🙂
I love english muffins! Why have I never heard of english muffin bread until now? This looks really delicious; I seriously want that toast! : )
The texture of this bread looks divine…so yummy!
The texture really is the best!
can this be made in a bread machine?
Hi – I’m not sure, I don’t have a bread machine so I don’t know how it would turn out!