Bring your friends together this weekend for a simple and scrumptious holiday brunch! They'll enjoy your warm toasted bread topped with homemade honey-butter and fresh fruit salad on the side.

Bring your friends together this weekend for a simple and scrumptious holiday brunch! They'll enjoy your warm toasted bread topped with homemade honey-butter and fresh fruit salad on the side.

Your Menu: Serves 8 to 10

English Muffins In a Loaf with Honey Butter
Fresh Fruit Salad with Honey-Run Dressing

• Cooked sausage links or patties
• Coffee or Hot Tea
• Orange Juice

Test Kitchen Tips:

Make bread ahead and store, tightly wrapped, at room temperature up to 3 days or wrap and freeze up to 3 months. Honey Butter may be made up to 1 week ahead and stored in the refrigerator.

To soften butter, let stand at room temperature about 1 hour. Or, unwrap butter and place on a microwave-safe plate. Microcook on 100% power (high) for 15 to 18 seconds until softened but not melted.

Shopping List for Bread:

• 1 container yellow cornmeal
• 2 packages active dry yeast
• 1 quart milk
• 1 pound butter
• 1 bottle honey
• 2 packages brown-and-serve sausage links or patties
• desired coffee beans or ground coffee
• 1 pint half-and-half for coffee
• 1 quart orange juice

Pantry Items:

• all-purpose flour
• baking soda
• granulated sugar
• salt
• shortening for greasing pans

Shopping List for Fruit:

• 1 package fresh mint
• 2 limes
• 1 bottle rum (or use orange juice)
• 1 bottle honey (also in above list)
• 1 large cantaloupe or honeydew melon
• 1 pint-size carton strawberries
• 1 bunch green and/or red seedless grapes
• 4 kiwi fruit

Equipment Needed:

For Bread

• measuring cups and spoons
• 2 8x4x2-inch loaf pans
• large bowl
• wooden spoon
• medium saucepan
• instant-read thermometer
• wire rack
• toaster
• small bowl
• electric mixer
• rubber spatula
• large skillet for sausage
• coffee grinder if using beans
• coffee maker

For Fruit

• measuring cups and spoons
• cutting board and knife
• kitchen scissors for snipping mint
• juicer
• large bowl
• whisk
• large spoon to scoop melon seeds
• melon baller
• rubber spatula

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