A Guide To The Many Types Of Bread

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MATZOH, MATZO or MATZA
A cracker-like flatbread now consumed year-round, but also the ceremonial unleavened bread c Matzoh onsumed by Jews during the Passover Seder. As told in the Bible (Exodus 12:39), during the exodus of the Jews from Egypt, there was no time to allow the bread to rise, so they baked unleavened bread to take on the journey. Unleavened bread is also used in the Christian celebration of the Eucharist, a narrative of the Last Supper when Jesus broke bread with His disciples during a Passover Seder. Traditionally made with wheat flour and water, it can be found in whole-wheat and other versions (egg, egg and onion and grape juice, for example).
Photo of matzoh by Alex Ringer | SXC.

MICHE
A large French pan loaf; generally a rectangular, country-style bread.

MONKEY BREAD
Monkey bread is a specialty bread that is rolled into small balls, dipped into butter and baked in a tube pan (photo at right). When it is removed, the individual balls adhere together but are pulled apart individually. Monkey bread came onto the radar when Nancy Reagan served it in the White House. The origin of the name is obscure: some say that the breads resembles a monkey puzzle tree, others attribute the action of pulling apart the bread with one’s hands to monkeys' eating behavior. See pull-apart bread.

Monkey Bread. Photo courtesy Spencer Jones.

MUFFIN
Muffins are often referred to as “small cake-like breads” and quick breads, but this needs to be rethought: As recipes have evolved, the sugar and butter content of many muffins put them into the cake category. Many of them can pass as small, uniced cakes.

MULTIGRAIN BREAD
A multigrain loaf can be made in any size and shape. While it is made of two or more grains, multigrain is not the same as wholegrain.

NAAN
Naan, which means “bread” in Persian, is a flatbread similar to the original, pocketless pita. It is usually leavened with yeast and baked in a tandoor (clay oven). This distinguishes it from roti, which is cooked on an iron griddle called a tava; almost all other Indian breads are cooked on a grill or griddle as well. Read our review of Fabulous Flats Naan, shown in the photo at right.

NUT BREAD
See walnut bread.

OLIVE BREAD
A rustic country loaf or roll, studded with Kalamata olives.

ONION BREAD
A variety of breads and rolls are made with cooked onions.

Naan from Fabulous Flats.

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