breadmakers come in

jd72878

I would like to put my inherited bread maker to use. I found the manual online and the ingredients scare me. Is bread flour the same as all purpose? Yeast? Any recs? Share your favorite recipes? Tis!!

MainelyFoolish

Bread flour is not the same as all purpose.  You can buy bread flour in the grocery store next to the AP flour. 

I usually buy the little packets of yeast at the grocery store.  Most bread maker recipes all for the amount of yeast in one packet.  If you're going to do a lot of bread baking, it's more economical to buy the bulk yeast in the jar.

MA&CB

I'm borrowing my in-laws bread maker since I can't have any commercial bread products.  I've made a couple loaves, a golden honey loaf and a french bread loaf.  They both came out a little funky in that the top kind of collapsed - I don't know what to attribute that to, so if anyone knows what I did wrong, tell me!  I think maybe it had something to do with the temp of the water?  But other than that they were good, the honey one was better than the french bread one.  I used all-purpose flour because I had a lot to use up and fleischmann's dry active yeast.

This is the golden honey one I used (it's a low-iodine recipe, but seems pretty normal).  I put the ingredients in in the opposite order listed because that's what the machine said to do.

 Golden Honey Bread 

(Bread Machine)

1  cup plus 2 Tablespoons 

water (70-80 degrees F)

2  Tablespoons  honey

2  Tablespoons  olive oil

1 1/2  teaspoons  sugar

1  teaspoon  salt

3 1/2  cups  bread flour

2  teaspoons  active dry yeast

In bread machine pan, place all ingredients in order

suggested by manufacturer.  Select basic bread 

setting.  Choose crust color and loaf size, if 

available.  Bake according to bread machine 

directions. Yield: 1 loaf

mrscjwatts

I have an awesome recipe for Hawaiian bread.  Comes out a little sweet but not overly...calls for banana extract, and because I never have any, I use banana rum

Otherwise the only breads I make are the ones you can get in the box and it's usually sourdough. MMMMM

jl&jl

The bread maker made me mad.  I went back to the original way of making bread.  Here's a good healthy one though:

Whole wheat molasses bread

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1/4 C Gluten
1tsp salt
combine in bread machine

9oz warm water
2oz mollasses
1TBS Yeast
mix and set to let yeast activate, about 2 minutes.
2oz olive oil added to other liquid after yeast activates.

mix wet and dry in bread machine
be sure the wet and dry mix and make a nice dough, if too moist/wet you may need to add 1 TBS-1/2C flour until it isn't too sticky.

Glitzyklm

Rosemary Bread- No eggs, no dairy  

Ingredients

• 1 cup warm water (110 degrees F (43 degrees C))
• 2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon ground thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons crushed dried rosemary
• 3 cups all-purpose flour

Directions

1. Pour the water into the pan of a bread machine, then sprinkle in the yeast and sugar. Let the mixture sit in the bread machine until a creamy foam forms on top of the water, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle in the salt, then add olive oil, thyme, garlic powder, rosemary, and flour. Set the machine for light crust setting, and start the machine.

MA&CB

Glitzyklm:

Rosemary Bread- No eggs, no dairy  

Ingredients

• 1 cup warm water (110 degrees F (43 degrees C))
• 2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon ground thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons crushed dried rosemary
• 3 cups all-purpose flour

Directions

1. Pour the water into the pan of a bread machine, then sprinkle in the yeast and sugar. Let the mixture sit in the bread machine until a creamy foam forms on top of the water, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle in the salt, then add olive oil, thyme, garlic powder, rosemary, and flour. Set the machine for light crust setting, and start the machine.

That sounds good; I wish I had made that tonight instead of the white boring one I have going now. 

jd72878

Glitzy. - 1,1.5, or 2 loaves? Sounds great and easy!

lauram730

I love making bread - wish I did it more often! 

This recipe is a whole wheat that we make at the inn where I work - it yields 3 loaves, but you can easily change the recipe to make one loaf (it's just annoying because for 3 loaves, you use 2 packets of yeast) - we always just make it in the oven:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Simple-Whole-Wheat-Bread/Detail.aspx

Another oven recipe - cinnamon swirl bread - awesome for french toast:

http://sweetbeetandgreenbean.net/2009/03/02/cinnamon-swirl-bread/

My bread machine came with some decent recipes that are flawless, so if I can find the book any time soon, I'll send some along.

I would say water temperature is one of the biggest issues with bread not rising properly - unless the yeast is just bad.

jd72878

MA&CB:

 They both came out a little funky in that the top kind of collapsed - I don't know what to attribute that to, so if anyone knows what I did wrong, tell me!  I think maybe it had something to do with the temp of the water?

I really haven't a clue, but I did check out the "trouble shooting" in the manual.  It scared the beejesus out of me because I'm not the type of cook to measure accurately :-)

 

I found this in the manual :

 

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Baked bread is soggy

or the bread?s surface is sticky

Remove the bread from the Bread Pan as soon as it is

done baking. Leaving it in the pan allows condensation

to collect on the sides touching the pan.

Also be sure to cool the loaf on a wire rack; cooling it on

a countertop causes the side next to the counter to

become soggy

 

 

 

MA&CB

It wasn't really soggy, as much as it was just that the top didn't get a nice crest - it kind of fell and was flat.  I think it might have been too much water from what my manual said.  I'm like you, and not good about measuring precisely, so that could be it.  The one I did today wasn't perfect, but came out much better.

Glitzyklm

1.5 :c)

jd72878

Phew - that's what I guessed!  it came out AWESOME!  This machine rocks my world.  So easy and delish!

jd72878

Thanks to everyone who added recipes!  I'm bookmarking for later!

danieleandwayne

Jess, just FYI-- bread flour and AP flour have different protein contents. I make bread with AP flour unless I'm making something like a baguette-- and then I use bread flour.

If you're interested in trouble-shooting and the science or technique behind bread-making there are some good resources online now. 

Welcome to the bread-making crowd! 

indicanoe

I have one for a Buttermilk Bread, it's one of our favorites.

I'll have to post later though because the soon to be new grandparents are coming over today to inspect Delia's room...I've got to hide of a lot of cardboard boxes before that happens though...

jgreg29

I'm chiming in late and it looks like you have plenty of good recipes.  To add one more, we LOVE the rye bread recipe on the back of the bag of King Arthur Flour perfect rye blend flour.  Unfortunately, I haven't written it down and can't find it online.  But basically, the special ingredients are this flour, deli rye flavor, caraway seeds, and potato flour or instant potato flakes.  If you have a chance to buy a bag of the flour, do!!!