Anadama Bread

Name: Anadama Bread
Yield: Makes 2 loaves
Ingredients: 1 cup (5 ounces), cornmeal, plus extra for dusting; 2 cups, warm water (110 degrees); 1/2 cup, molasses; 5 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 5 1/2 cups (27 1/2 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 2 1/2 teaspoons, salt

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2014

Desserts or Baked Goods

Breads

SERVESMakes 2 loaves

TIME1¼ hours, plus 2 to 3 hours rising and 2 hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted a hearty, not heavy, version of this traditional New England bread, and we wanted the star ingredients—molasses and cornmeal—to have real presence. We increased the amount of molasses called for in most recipes until we landed on ...

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