For the alphabet J, we have a sweet buttery bread from Bermuda. This version of Bermudian johnny bread is similar to the Jamaican Johnny cakes. The difference is that Jamaican cakes are deep fried whereas Bermudian breads are pan fried. The cooking process is so much similar to the English Muffins. I tasted a bit of the bread and felt it tasted so much like the vettu cake we get here Tamil Nadu. My daughter had it for lunch with some mango jam at the side and said she loved it. Anything with sugar, butter and flour would be tasty, right?
The dough is so easy to make and as the leavening agent is baking powder, the dough doesn’t need any rising period too. You just mix everything together and pan fry and the breads are ready in 15 minutes. As the breads are thicker, it takes a while to cook. So cook them on lowest flame so that they don’t burn on top and bottom. And covering the breads will help in faster cooking. The final texture of the bread is so good. The top is crispy and the crumb is nice and fluffy. I felt that it was too sweet but my daughter found it perfect. So if you are a person who is not into too much sugar, then try to add less sugar in the dough.
Makes 4 Breads
Ingredients:
Maida / All Purpose Flour – 1 cup
Sugar – 1/3 cup
Baking Powder – 1 tsp
Salt – a pinch
Butter – 2 tbs
Milk – 1/3 cup
Procedure:
In a bowl mix together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
Add in melted butter, milk and mix to form a soft dough.
Divide the dough into four equal portions.
Pat them to form a round thick flat disc.
Heat a tawa, place the breads on it, add some melted butter on the sides and cook for five minutes on low flame.
Flip them and cook for 5 to 7 minutes. Cover the breads while cooking.
Serve them with jam or any spread.
Johnny Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- Maida/ All Purpose Flour - 1 cup
- Sugar - 1/3 cup
- Baking Powder-1 tsp
- Salt-a pinch
- Butter-2 tbs
- Milk - 1/3 cup
Instructions
- In a bowl mix together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
- Add in melted butter, milk and mix to form a soft dough.
- Divide the dough into four equal portions.
- Pat them to form a round thick flat disc.
- Heat a tawa, place the breads on it, add some melted butter on the sides and cook for five minutes on low flame.
- Flip them and cook for 5 to 7 minutes. Cover the breads while cooking.
- Serve them with jam or any spread.
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Johnny bread with basic ingredients looks like a prefect bread to prepare with less efforts. With some salted butter and jam, am sure this bread will surely satisfy some hungry tummies. Lovely pick for J.
The texture look very good. I think johnny bread and jam would be a good one for breakfast!
I love this quick bread. Such a beautiful texture…perfect for a quick snack or light lunch. I could have it without any accompaniments too!!
When I made Johnny Cakes or bread for the breakfast mega bm, I loved it, though mine was fried. I’ll have to try out this shallow fried version. They looks so tempting.
Johnny bread looks great with texture, few question coming in my mind, 1) you added sugar not powder, is it dissolved in the bread? 2) as you say they are like english muffins but since dough is kept for sometime it was spongy, this bread looks thicker. Is it cooked properly?
I usually don’t powder sugar, Bhawana. They do dissolve while kneading. While cooking, it needs to be done on a lower flame for a long time so that it cooks properly inside. The texture is different from English muffins as the leavening for both breads are different.
From the initial looks, it looked like tikki to me making me drool there only 🙂 Then after looking at the ingredients , it appears like sweet mathri to me. whatever may the looks say, one thing is sure that this easy and quick bread surely be loved by my daughter too like Sruti.
Yes this looks like our min version of cake but pan fried. It would have tasted yum with mango jam. Delicious pick for the letter J
This almost looks like pan cake and I am already imagining the flavor. Looks really good and love the crumbly outside and the soft inside texture.
Such a lovely bread. Looks like a wonderful one to enjoy as a snack. I love how you have done it. This was my choice and I had enjoyed the bread with jam too. Very good pick.
Such a different and interesting bread… Looks so amazing.
A very different bread especially since it is pan fried .Love the fact that it can be knead and prepared immediately! Super pick Gayathri!