I’ve baked the English Muffins from The Bread Baker’s Apprentice before and they were delicious as written. I made them again for The Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge, but this time decided to make a honey-wheat variety. I used 1/2 traditional whole-wheat flour and added 1 tablespoon of honey instead of the sugar. I made them 2 ounces each and was able to yield 8 instead of 6 muffins. They turned out great–light and fluffy and pretty tasty.
Or at least I thought so, until I tasted THE BEST BREAD EVER. I went to Bouchon for dinner while in Las Vegas. I can only dream of baking bread this good. The crust was unbelievable, it was just the right crunch, just sweet enough, and the inside was light and fluffy. It all just melted in my mouth. I bonded with the person that refilled our water over the bread. I was giddy and excited and he told me the bread was his favorite too. I can’t wait for Bouchon to open in Beverly Hills. (By the way, the rest of the meal was amazing–but this is about the bread!)
THE BEST BREAD EVER
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Those muffins look amazing and I bet they tasted so good!! Sounds like you had a lovely time at Bouchon and the bread and food good 😀
I would love to make english muffins, especially these healthy looking ones.
It was so fun hearing about your trip through your tweets.
Maybe I will get to try the best bread ever in my lifetime.
Oh, those look so wonderful! We will get there someday, and in the meantime, this photo will just be my poster child for the English Muffins!
Oh, those look wonderful. CAnnot wait until SandS BBA gets there. Love english muffins.
I really want to try these. We made homemade plum jam that would go really well with these muffins!
What happened to you while you were in Vegas? You must have been having such a good time – you forgot about me!!
Ah well, next time.
PS – the bread looks fabulous.
Good for you for healthy-ing them up! That epi sure does look good!
Love both the breads! The english muffins look perfectly craggy and I’d give my right arm for a taste of that Bouchon bread…
Can’t wait to get to this recipe in the challenge, and totally agree that Bouchon’s Epi is out of this world! I’m sure you feasted to no end 🙂
These look awesome!! I really enjoyed hearing and seeing all your drinks, I mean food, you ate in Vegas! 😉 – mary
That looks amazing! I still have yet to take a stab at making english muffins.
Your english muffin looks better than anything I’ve seen at a grocery store! Making english muffins has been on my to-do list forever.
Your English muffins look perfect! I also get very excited over good bread 🙂
mmmmm…thinking of eggs ben..
Between the muffins and the Bouchon bread, I’m experiencing a bit of bread envy!
Oh, I’ve been wanting to try my hand at making english muffins for the longest time… Yours look so tempting!
The muffins look good, but the bread sounds awesome! I always end up in Vegas with people who don’t want to eat at the nice restaurants.
I loved what you did with changing up your muffins~ wheat does make it healthier! After I’m done with the BBA, I’m going to find PR’s book on whole grains…
Oh wow, English muffins… those seem so hard! Yours look delicious AND healthy.