Today's Bread (2019-2022)

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I made an English Muffin Toasting Loaf today.

The taste and texture are fine, but I'm trying to work out how to best use that giant clay baker I got for Christmas.

This is a 5-cups of flour recipe, and it's a very wet dough (more like a batter), and I think the clay baker is just too big - it behaved more like baking in a cake pan.

Either way, half will be our toast for the next few days, and half will go in the freezer.

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TastyReuben said:
I made an English Muffin Toasting Loaf today.

The taste and texture are fine, but I'm trying to work out how to best use that giant clay baker I got for Christmas.

This is a 5-cups of flour recipe, and it's a very wet dough (more like a batter), and I think the clay baker is just too big - it behaved more like baking in a cake pan.

Either way, half will be our toast for the next few days, and half will go in the freezer.

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Did you bake the loaf with the fan on mate ?
 
Morning Glory said:
Not sure what that is (not something we get in the UK), so I'm not sure how its supposed to look. Its made with baking powder rather than yeast?
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I had to Google it and it does seem to a "thing" because there were loads of results - eg. this one which has both yeast and baking soda (bicarb, rather than baking powder - I expect you already know, but in case anyone else doesn't :wink: ) in it....so I'd assume the texture is somewhere between ordinary and soda bread? I can't work out where the "English" in the name comes from though...I've never seen anything like it over here.
 
Burt Blank said:
Did you bake the loaf with the fan on mate ?
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No. I used the fan on my oven once and didn't see any difference, and it the oven manual, it recommends leaving the fan off for breads, but I'd give it a go.

In this case, it's just down to the recipe and the baking vessel not being in agreement. I'm in the process of working out how to use that big clay baker I got, and a 5-cup recipe goes in there more like a brownie mix. I think 7-8 cups will be ideal.

Morning Glory said:
Not sure what that is (not something we get in the UK), so I'm not sure how its supposed to look. Its made with baking powder rather than yeast?
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It's meant to replicate the texture of an (American) English muffin, in bread form.

It should look, as far as shape goes, like a loaf of sandwich bread. It's a very wet batter-like dough, and the wide pan I used allowed it to spread out too much. It's made with yeast and baking soda.

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(American) English Muffin Toasting Bread:
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TastyReuben said:
No. I used the fan on my oven once and didn't see any difference, and it the oven manual, it recommends leaving the fan off for breads, but I'd give it a go.

In this case, it's just down to the recipe and the baking vessel not being in agreement. I'm in the process of working out how to use that big clay baker I got, and a 5-cup recipe goes in there more like a brownie mix. I think 7-8 cups will be ideal.


It's meant to replicate the texture of an (American) English muffin, in bread form.

It should look, as far as shape goes, like a loaf of sandwich bread. It's a very wet batter-like dough, and the wide pan I used allowed it to spread out too much. It's made with yeast and baking soda.

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You split your muffins open before toasting it? I can honestly say I've never seen that before :unsure: I don't know if this is another UK/US thing, or maybe its just my family are strange...but we always toast ours whole and then split them afterwards so the inside stays nice and soft and fluffy.

I might have to buy some now and try them both ways to see which I prefer.
 
MrsDangermouse said:
You split your muffins open before toasting it?
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Yup, that's the intention. When we buy English muffins here, they're pre-split, with a fork, so they sort of hold together in the pack, but are easy to separate for toasting.
 
MrsDangermouse said:
You split your muffins open before toasting it? I can honestly say I've never seen that before :unsure: I don't know if this is another UK/US thing, or maybe its just my family are strange...but we always toast ours whole and then split them afterwards so the inside stays nice and soft and fluffy.

I might have to buy some now and try them both ways to see which I prefer.
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We slit them so the peaks of the bread inside get browned, and crispy. The "English" muffins we have here feel a little doughy inside if not toasted. I think that is done intentionally in baking them to make them ideal for toasting.

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