English Bun Loaf 1975 Recipes

TRADITIONAL COTTAGE LOAF - OLD FASHIONED RUSTIC ENGLISH BREAD

Just the shape of this traditional loaf of bread is reminiscent of ploughman's lunches and warm cottage kitchens! A delightfully shaped loaf of bread, which represents all that is rustic and rural in Britain, but especially England. This bread keeps well and makes lovely, if odd shaped sandwiches! Cut the loaf into wedges and serve with freshly churned butter and a hunk of mature Cheddar cheese, maybe with a pickled onion or two. Quintessential British bread at its best. This reminds me of baking days in my grandmothers' old cottage, sitting in her warm and cosy kitchen; she would have baked this in her wood burning Aga stove, as I sometimes do in the winter when my Godin wood burning stove is working. I often leave the first batch of dough to prove and rise overnight - leave it in a cool but NOT cold place, and then continue shaping and proving it next morning. We used to call this wooden spoon bread when we were little, as you push a wooden spoon down through the two loaves to stick them together before baking! Preparation time includes the proving of the dough - but NOT the overnight method!

Provided by French Tart

Categories Yeast Breads

Time 2h15m

Yield 1 Large Cottage Loaf, 6-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

Traditional Cottage Loaf - Old Fashioned Rustic English Bread image

Steps:

Sift flour and salt into a bowl, stir in sugar and yeast. Make a well in the centre, stir in the tepid milk and water to make the dough. (If using fresh yeast - put the yeast in a jug with a little of the milk and water mixture, and allow it to dissolve and become frothy - mixing thoroughly, then add it to the flour.).
Tip the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 10 to 15 minutes until smooth and elastic.
Put the dough in a large, clean, oiled bowl. Cover with oiled clingfilm and leave in a warm place until it has doubled in size.Then knead the dough for 1 minute and divide it into two-thirds and a third. Shape the pieces into rounds. Cover them and leave for 5 minutes.
Put the smaller round on top of the larger one. Push a floured wooden spoon (or your fingers) through the centre of both rounds, to join them together. Take a very sharp knife and make cuts all around the top round and the bottom round - see my photos. Put the cottage loaf on a lightly floured baking tray, cover and leave for about 45 minutes, or until it has doubled in size. Meanwhile preheat the oven to 220C/440F/Gas 7.
Beat the egg with a tablespoon of water and a pinch of salt. Brush the glaze over the cottage loaf and bake for about 35 to 45 minutes, until dark golden brown and hollow sounding when tapped beneath.
Cool before slicing. Delicious served with butter, jam, cheese, cold meats or make sandwiches or toast for picnics and breakfast!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 356.1, Fat 3.6, SaturatedFat 1.6, Cholesterol 42.6, Sodium 815.1, Carbohydrate 67.3, Fiber 2.5, Sugar 1, Protein 11.9

Ingredients

500 g strong white bread flour
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon caster sugar
2 teaspoons fast-rising active dry yeast or 1 ounce fresh yeast
325 ml tepid milk, and water mixed
1 egg
salt, for glaze

MANX BUNLOAF (ISLE OF MAN)

Made without eggs, this is a 200year-old recipe for a delicious rich, moist fruit loaf. The area and the Cumbrian coast was at that time a haunt of smugglers who brought in spices and exotics as well as rum, brandy and tobacco, and cooks made the most of it.

Provided by Nelly

Categories European

Time 2h40m

Yield 1-2 loaves

Number Of Ingredients 12

Manx Bunloaf (Isle of Man) image

Steps:

Sieve the dry ingredients and rub in fat.
Add sugar, mixed peel and fruit.
Put bicarb.
soda in a basin and mix smoothly with the milk.
Pour into the dry ingredients.
Finally, add the syrup and mix thoroughly.
Put into 2 greased 2lb loaf tins or a 4lb loaf tin.
Bake in a moderate oven (170 F degrees, Gas mark 3 1/2).

Nutrition Facts : Calories 7882.8, Fat 244.2, SaturatedFat 150, Cholesterol 629, Sodium 4765.4, Carbohydrate 1374.4, Fiber 76, Sugar 679.5, Protein 116.4

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs all-purpose flour
1/2 lb large raisins
1/2 lb currants
1/2 lb sultana
1/2 lb chopped dried mixed citrus peel
1/2 lb sugar
10 ounces butter
1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (but I would use more)
1 tablespoon golden syrup
2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
1 pint buttermilk