Comments on: how do you make bread with a breadmaker?

By: craft painter

craft painter — Sun, 31 May 2009 00:12:59 +0000

I usually buy the premade bread maker stuff at the store and it has the instructions on the back of the package usually. Here is one rescipe from my West Bend bread maker book:

Recipe uses water rather then milk which gives it a crispier crust.
This is a one pound loaf:
Water(80 degrees F)- 6 ounces (3/4 cup)
Bread flour – 2 cups
dry milk- 1 tablespoon
sugar – 1 1/2 tablespoon
salt – 1 teaspoon
butter or margarine – 1 tablespoon
active dry yeast – 1 1/2 teaspoons or (us bread machine/fast rise yeast – 1 teaspoon)
Then:
Bread select setting – Basic or basic rapid
1. add liquid ingredients to pan
2. add dry(mix first) ingredients except yeast, to pan
3. tap pan to settle dry ingredients, then level ingredients, pushing some of th mixture into the corners.
4. place butter in the corners of the pan.
5. make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, then add the yeast to the well.
6. Lock pan into break maker
7. program for recommended bread select setting and desired bread color.
program TIMER if being used.
Start bread maker.
When done, turn off and remove bread from pan. Cool on rack before slicing.
When making a one pound loaf use light bread color setting to prevent over browning of the samller loaf.

If you have no dry milk you might like to make the egg bread instead:
EGG BREAD

This makes a l pound loaf too
5 1/2 ounces (2/3 of a cup)- Milk (80 degrees F)
1- egg, large
2 1/4 cups- bread flour
1 teaspoon- salt
1 1/2 tablespoons- sugar
1 tablespoon- butter or margarine
1 1/2 teaspoons- active dry yeast or (1 teaspoon- breadmachine/fast rise yeast
Bread selection to use
Basic or basic rapid
1. mix up dry ingredients together
2. put liquid ingredients into the pan
3. add dry ingredients, except the yeast to pan
4. level out dry ingredients making sure it is in the corners
5. put butter in all the corners
6. make your well in the center and put the yeast in the well
lock the pan in the bread maker
program for recommended bead select setting and desired bread color
program TIMER if being used.
start bread maker
When done, turn off and remove bread from pan.
Cool on rack before slicing
(if making a 1 pound loaf, use the light bread color setting to prevent over browning of the smaller loaf
hope I have helped you some..
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By: gkk_72

gkk_72 — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:42:59 +0000

Your best results will be by locating the manufacturer's instructions. However, you can try this recipie…

Make sure you buy flour for bread makers and not regular white flour. Also, in most machines the wet ingredients go in first, then the dry on top. The yeast goes last so that it doesnt activate until the machine starts the kneading process.

Basic White Bread Recipe

Ingredients:
***Small Loaf (1 lb/2 cup machine)***
1 cup water
1 1/2 tablespoon butter or margarine
2 cups white flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon bread machine yeast

***Large Loaf (1 1/2 lb/3 cup or 2 lb/4 cup machine)***
1 1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
3 cups white flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon bread machine yeast

Directions:

Select loaf size. Add ingredients to machine according to manufacturer's directions. Select White cycle.

Reducing the amount of salt makes the bread raise higher. Also if the dough looks too moist while the machine is kneading, add more flour. Usually a heaping tablespoon.
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By: pogo038

pogo038 — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:24:59 +0000

You will need flour (white, whole wheat, rye – depending on what type of bread), sugar, salt, yeast (for bread machines), butter. Then for variations – raisins, cinnamon, garlic, parmesan cheese, caraway rye seeds.
I also find adding some wheat gluten helps.
You start by adding the flour, then other ingredients. You make a divot in the flour & add the yeast in there. All is put in at once for regular bread. You can put the timer on & have it make if overnight for fresh warm bread first thing in the morning.
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By: thinkfirstt

thinkfirstt — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:42:59 +0000

Go online and search for the breadmaker instructions. Each model has very specific ingredients and weights and measurements. If these measurements are not exact, the bread will be less than perfect. Things also change if you are high altitude. I like to use my breadmaker just for dough, then I can get by with less exact measurements.
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