Blitz Bread- for Meatloaf Sandwiches or anything!

Lunch and dinner for this week is meatloaf! I thought it would be good to break up the monotony by having lunch as meatloaf sandwiches. What would be the best bread to go with such a hearty dish? Why this quick and easy bread from King Arthur flour! I chose this bread because it was made to go with their recipe for meatloaf. Perfect!

This bread came out decently and I would make some changes next time. The main change I would make it to not put olive oil in the pan, but rather to just spray the pan with cooking spray. The dough is very sticky and it also stuck to the bottom of my pan once it finished baking! It was not fun. The other change would be to pay attention to the bread more during rising. I think my loaf rose for 45 minutes before it overproofed and collapsed. It tastes just fine and I did make this as a whole wheat version, just because. Give it a try though! This bread is super easy!

Blitz Bread

• From King Arthur
• 1 1/2 cups warm water (110°F to 120°F)
• 3 tablespoons olive oil (plus additional for drizzling)
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 3 1/2 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour*
• 1 tablespoon instant yeast
• *Substitute 1 1/2 cups King Arthur White Whole Wheat Flour or Premium Whole Wheat Flour for 1 1/2 cups of the all-purpose flour, if desired.

To make the bread: Lightly grease a 9" x 13" pan, and spray with cooking spray all around.
Combine all of the bread ingredients, and beat at high speed with an electric mixer for 60 seconds.  Scoop the sticky batter into the prepared pan, cover the pan, and let it rise at room temperature for about 90 minutes, until it becomes puffy. While the dough is rising, preheat the oven to 375°F.  

Bake the bread until it's golden brown, about 35 minutes. Remove it from the oven, wait 5 minutes, then turn it out of the pan onto a rack to cool.

Uh oh! Bread Dough EXPLODED! (for the record, I just keep my loaves in the microwave to rise.)

Sliced Up

Whole Loaf