The main ingredient of any cheese bread is cheese. No surprise there. Cheese bread is easy to make if you use a bread machine that will do most of the work for you. A soft and tasty bread for making sandwiches.
What are the ingredients for bread machine cheese bread?
A cheese bread recipe for the bread maker requires milk, butter, bread flour, cheese, brown sugar, salt and yeast. You might add dried herbs that go well with cheese. I prefer to use either sweet basil, parsley or oregano. If you are uncertain, just use an Italian herb or mixed herb seasoning.
Cheese, milk and butter are perishable foods, thus do not use the delay timer when making cheese bread in a bread machine.
How To Make Bread Machine Cheese Bread
Most bread machines work along similar lines. If you are unsure, then refer to the bread maker’s instruction manual.
You start by pouring the milk (the liquid ingredient) into the bread pan. Add the dry ingredients plus the grated cheese on top of the milky bottom. The yeast is then added on top of all the other ingredients.
Adding the cheese with the other dry ingredients seems to work better than adding it after a mix-in beep reminder from the bread maker.
Remember to use lukewarm milk, since the yeast will not grow properly in cold or hot temperatures.
Put the bread pan into the baking chamber, close the lid and plug in the bread maker. Choose a setting such as Basic or French and a light crust color. Press the start button. Shake the bread loaf out of the bread pan when it has finished baking and let it cool before slicing.
Bread Machine Cheese Bread Examples
The type of cheese you choose might have an impact on the flavor of the bread. Avoid using the world’s smelliest cheese unless you want to be the only one eating the bread. Just use cheddar, Gouda or Parmesan. To give you more ideas, here are a few examples.
Cheddar Cheese Bread
The ingredients for this bread are lukewarm milk, flour, salt, sugar, sharp cheddar cheese, cheese powder and instant yeast. Add the ingredients into the bread pan, choose a basic bread setting with a light crust and press the start button. You should check that the dough is kneading into a ball, otherwise you might add a little milk or flour. After completion, take the bread pan out of the machine and let the bread loaf cool on a wire rack.
Cheese Onion Bread
This is a favorite bread loaf in many kitchens. The loaf is soft and flavorful. The list of ingredients includes water, bread flour, sugar, salt, butter and active dry yeast. To this, you add grated cheddar cheese and chopped onions. Delicious!
Chili Cheese Bread
This is hot bread in more ways than one. First, you need to some red chilies. Remove the seeds and chop up the rest. Then, fry the chilies in a small amount of oil for a few minutes. Let it cool down before adding it into the baking pan with the other liquid ingredients such as water and milk. Place the dry ingredients on top of the liquids: bread flour, grated cheddar cheese, salt, sugar and yeast. Use the bread machine’s basic program. If you like it hotter, then use a chili pepper with a higher Scoville rating.
Italian Herb Parmesan Bread
An Italian herb bread needs water, olive oil, salt, bread flour, sugar, dried parsley, dried basil, onion flakes, garlic powder, grated Parmesan cheese and active dry yeast. Add the wet ingredients into the bread pan and then add the dry ingredients. Make a small hole in the flour for the yeast and pour it in carefully so that it stays dry. Put the pan into the bread maker and secure it into place. Select a menu setting such as French and a 2 lb loaf size with your crust color choice. Press start.
Cottage Cheese Chive Bread
This cheese bread is an interesting variation because it uses about a cup of cottage cheese. Other ingredients are water, egg, butter or margarine, salt, bread flour, dried chives, sugar and active dry yeast.
Conclusion
A bread machine cheese bread might not have a strong flavor unless you use a cheese with a strong flavor. Nevertheless, it is soft bread that is good for sandwiches.