English Toasting Bread

Source: Mega-Zine: bread


1 1/2 pound loaf 
3/4 c Milk 
3/8 c Water 
3 c Bread flour 
1 ts Salt 
2 ts Sugar 
1/4 ts Baking soda 
2 ts Yeast 
Cornmeal 

This is a special bread, coated with cornmeal, so it needs to be baked in a loaf pan in the oven. Heavenly with orange marmalade. 

Put all ingredients in bread machine except cornmeal. Dough setting. 

When machine beeps, remove bread pan & turn out dough onto floured countertop. 

Grease an 8 1/2x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch loaf pan; sprinkle all sides with cornmeal. Place dough into prepared loaf pan. With your hands, carefully press it evenly into pan. Sprinkle the top with cornmeal. Cover and let rise in a warm oven for 20 to 30 min or until dough almost reaches top of pan. To warm oven slightly, turn oven on Warm setting for 2 minutes then turn off) Preheat oven to 400F & bake 25 min. Cool.