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This bread makes delicious toast and can be made, start to finish in 3 hours. It's easy. |
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| English Muffin Bread | ||||||||
| Vici - makes 2 loaves | ||||||||
| 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry or instant yeast 1/2 cup lukewarm water 2 cups lukewarm milk 1 tablespoon sugar 2 1/2 teaspoons salt 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour approximately cornmeal |
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| 1. In a large bowl dissolve the yeast in 1/2 cup water. 2. Add the lukewarm milk. Stir in the sugar, salt and baking soda. 3. Add 5 cups of flour and stir until you have a mass of thick, sticky dough. Pour dough onto a clean, flat work surface that's been dusted with flour. Knead the dough, adding flour as necessary until you have a soft, resilient ball of dough that does not stick to your work surface, 5 to 10 minutes. 4. Place dough in large, oiled bowl or tupperware container, cover and let rise until dough has doubled in volume. 5. Grease 2 bread pans and dust generously with corn meal. 6. Divide and shape dough into 2 loaves and place in pans. Dust tops with cornmeal. Cover with a clean, dry towel and let rise until the dough forms a slight dome over the edge of the pan. 7. Bake in preheated 400° oven until golden brown; approximately 30 minutes. Remove bread from pans and cool on wire rack. |
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