Buttermilk American Loaf Bread

Name: Buttermilk American Loaf Bread
Yield: Makes one 9-inch loaf
Ingredients: 3 1/2 cups (19¼ ounces/546 grams), bread flour, plus extra for work surface; 2 teaspoons, table salt; 1 cup, buttermilk, cold; 1/3 cup, boiling water; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 3 tablespoons, honey; 2 1/4 teaspoons, instant or rapid-rise yeast

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 1996

Now you can make full-flavored American bread in just two hours and without any hand kneading.

SERVES Makes one 9-inch loaf

TIME 1½ hours, plus 1 hour 10 minutes rising and 2 hours cooling

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