Best Ever English Muffin Bread Recipe

English Muffin Bread has all the same nooks and crannies as your favorite English muffins in a sliceable bread form. Pop it in the toaster and slather it with butter and jam for the best piece of toast you’ve ever had.

The first time I ever made English Muffin Bread, I sort of haphazardly threw the loaf together as a way to procrastinate doing any of my other tasks at hand.

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I honestly wasn’t expecting much, but in about an hour and a half, I had an amazing-smelling loaf of bread cooling on my counter.

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As soon as it was cool, I cut myself a slice, toasted it up, and slathered it in butter. Turns out, it tasted just as amazing as it smelled!

I guess it’s not every day that procrastinating turns out in my favor, but in this case it definitely did. I highly suggest throwing together a loaf if you’re trying to avoid adulting, too.

Just as the name suggests, this coarse-textured bread is the loaf version of those English muffins you love and is ideal for toasting!

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It’s full of those little nooks and crannies that are perfect for containing pools of melted butter and jam. The crust has an amazingly crisp texture that is only enhanced by toasting.

Not to mention, it’s quicker to make than homemade English muffins, since you are baking one loaf instead of cooking a dozen muffins on the griddle!

Not only is this bread undeniably delicious, it’s also ridiculously simple to prepare which makes it great for those of you just getting started with baking yeast breads.

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You toss everything together, let it rise, bake it and you’ll pretty much be deeming yourself a master baker by the time the first slice is toasted.

If you keep yeast on hand (make sure to store it in the freezer!), you probably have everything you need to make this bread:

Just like when we made Parker House Rolls or Cranberry Orange Cinnamon Rolls, this loaf uses instant yeast which makes it pretty quick and easy to throw together. The bread will only need to rise one time, so you’ll be on your way to fresh-baked bread faster than you’d think!

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Grab your favorite large mixing bowl and add 2 cups of the flour along with the sugar, salt, baking soda, and yeast. Give that a stir to combine.

Mix together the milk, water, and oil in a microwave-safe bowl or measuring cup and microwave this in 30-second increments until the liquid is very warm, but not too hot. You’ll know it’s right when it’s hotter than lukewarm but wouldn’t be uncomfortably hot as bath water.

Now it’s time to prep your pan. Lightly grease your loaf pan and then toss in about ¼ cup of cornmeal. Tilt the pan, tapping the sides, to coat the sides of the pan in the cornmeal.

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Scoop the dough into the pan. You might need to spray a rubber spatula with cooking spray to level it out, since the dough is so soft and sticky.

Spray a piece of plastic wrap lightly with cooking spray and cover the pan. Let the dough rise in a warm place for about 45 minutes to 1 hour. It will be fully risen when you can just barely see the dough over the rim of the pan.

While your dough rises, preheat the oven. Since my kitchen is often cold, I like to set my pan near the oven while it preheats, so it is warmed by the heat coming off the oven.

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Once the dough has risen, take off the plastic wrap and bake it for about 22-27 minutes. When it is done, it will be golden and if you tap the top, it will sound a bit hollow.

Let the bread cool in the pan for about 5 minutes before turning it out onto a rack to finish cooling. I know it’s hard to wait, but let it cool completely before you dig in!

Slice it, toast it, and slather it in plenty of butter and top it with anything from cinnamon sugar to blueberry jam to slow cooker apple butter.

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Out of English muffins but craving eggs benedict? Slice up a piece of this English Muffin Bread and use it instead –those nooks and crannies will be perfect for catching that rich hollandaise sauce.

As easy as it is, if you’re going to make your own English Muffin Bread, you should make sure you store it so it lasts as long as possible.

This is hands down my favorite every day bread recipe for toast and sandwiches. It's so simple that it's basically foolproof and scales up very well if you want to make 2 loaves, which you might want to consider if you have carbovores in your house. Every time I make this the first loaf is gone within a day because it's so delicious.

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The last two times I've made it with regular unsweetened oat milk instead of cow milk and it came out just as good, if not better, than every other time.

I just made this bread the second time and it is consistently good and easy to make. It is fast becoming my regular go to recipe. It is substantial enough to make a good sandwich as well as a breakfast bread. No fail and baker friendly its by far my favorite.

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Hello! I haven’t attempted this recipe with this substitution, so I am not sure of the result. If you happen to give it a try, I’d love to know how it turned out. Thanks so much for stopping by. -Jamie

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Hello! I haven’t attempted this recipe with this substitution, but it should work fine. If you happen to give it a try, I’d love to know how it turned out. Thanks so much for stopping by. -Jamie

My baby sis was bored and wanted to bake something. This recipe is so easy I got her to bake this bread and it turned out perfect. The smell when it came out of the oven, had me. Loved it, would definitely try it again.English Muffin Bread? Oh, yes. Everything you love about English muffins is waiting for you in this loaf of perfectly toastable English muffin bread.

Those nooks and crannies? Those little crevices that hold melting pools of butter? It’s all here. Toasted and slathered with Honey Butter, Everything Butter, Whipped Strawberry Butter, or Homemade Peach Jam, this is the breakfast of my dreams.

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This bread is so easy to make, you’re not going to believe it. There’s no kneading, no lengthy steps, truly nothing complicated is required – you don’t even need a mixer.

You can stir the ingredients for this bread together with a wooden spoon, let the dough rise, scoop it into loaf pans, let it rise once more, and then bake it. That is IT. No joke, this is crazy easy to make.

This bread is so easy in fact, I have three variations of this bread already in the works. Happy bread baking, my friends!

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– do not slice this bread while it’s warm. Some homemade breads are more forgiving than others when you just can’t resist a warm slice, but English Muffin Bread will

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This recipe for English Muffin Bread is an absolute win from Rebecca Lindamood’s new cookbook – Ready, Set, Dough! Beginner Breads for All Occasions.

You already know Rebecca as the author of Not Your Mama’s Canning Book and the creator of Foodie with Family. What you might not know is that she’s one heck of a bread baker – and she makes all of that bread baking look easy with her newest cookbook.

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Despite the fact that I’ve done my share of bread baking, it’s been a long time since I ripped open a packet of yeast. Who could resist a beautifully toastable loaf of English muffin bread? I bookmarked this recipe within minutes of receiving a copy of this cookbook.

Guess what? When Rebecca tells you that homemade bread can be easy, trust her. This is HANDS DOWN the easiest yeast bread I have ever made.

Want a few more homemade bread recipes? This Beautiful Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread is about as dreamy as a loaf of sandwich bread can be.

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Classic Honey Whole Wheat Bread is my favorite homemade bread that tastes like what I remember from childhood. I can never resist slicing the end off a loaf of this bread when it’s still warm from the oven.

Shaggy dough is lumpy, yet mixed well-enough that there are no dry spots of flour. It should be a cohesive but loose ball, not smooth at all.

Need a great gluten-free bread recipe? Tender High Rising Gluten-Free Sandwich Bread and this Honey and Oat Gluten Free Bread have been hugely popular as well. Along with this Cool Rise Whole Wheat Bread.

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The Best Easy English Muffin Bread Recipe

I made each of those recipes on repeat every week for several years, while we were dealing with gluten sensitivities. For the whole index of terrific gluten-free baking, you can see them all HERE.

Every single gluten-free recipe on this website has been tested side by side with their traditional all-purpose flour counterparts. “Good enough for gluten-free” will never be part of my