Bread maker machines usually include a product manual or recipe book with recipes that are tried and tested with the specific appliance. Let us look at some of these bread machine recipes.
Traditional White Bread Recipe
White bread is a popular choice for making sandwiches. It is also a cheap bread loaf with a longer shelf life due to the removal of the wheat bran, germ and oil. White bread flour is sometimes bleached with chemicals to make it appear even whiter, therefore I try to avoid it as much as possible.
White bread requires a few ingredients such as water, butter (or margarine), sugar, dry milk powder, salt, bread flour and bread machine yeast.
The ingredient amounts will differ according to the size of the bread loaf you want to make, usually either a 1.5-pound or 2-pound loaf.
Put all the ingredients into the bread pan in the recommended order, for example water first and then butter, sugar, milk powder, salt and flour. The yeast is added on top to prevent it from coming into contact with the liquids until the mixing cycle starts.
Classic French Bread Recipe
There is more to making a classic french bread with a crispy crust outside and a soft texture inside than meets the eye. Nevertheless, making a French bread recipe in a bread maker produces a great all-purpose bread loaf for making sandwiches or toast.
The basic ingredients required are water, bread flour, sugar, salt and bread machine yeast. Remember to add either butter, margarine or oil to the mixture.
If you are using a bread machine, then you should add the ingredients in the correct order. First, pour in the water, then add the dry ingredients and last but not least, the yeast. The bread machine will probably have a French bread setting that you may use.
Whole Wheat Bread Recipe
This type of bread is made from whole-wheat flour that contains almost all the grain, thus it has more nutritional content and more fiber when compared to white or brown bread.
The recipe needs whole-wheat flour, water, butter or margarine, brown sugar, salt and bread machine yeast.
Whole wheat flour is heavier than other flours, so be sure to choose a bread machine with a whole wheat setting that can handle the kneading that is necessary.
Banana Bread Recipe
What can you do with brown bananas that are too ripe to eat? You can make delicious banana bread!
You will need these ingredients: water, mashed ripe banana, butter/margarine, eggs, bread flour, sugar, salt and bread machine yeast.
Not only that, but you can modify the basic recipe by adding either chopped pecan nuts, chopped walnuts or chocolate chips.
Use the sweet bread program of the bread machine for mixing and baking the banana bread.
Bread Machine Cake Recipe
It is possible to bake a basic cake in a bread machine, even though it will not have the right round shape. Most bread machines have a cake setting.
A standard bread machine cake mix might consist of melted butter, vanilla essence, eggs, lemon juice, plain flour, baking powder and granulated sugar.
First, mix the wet ingredients together in a bowl, that is the butter, vanilla, eggs and lemon juice.
Next, combine the dry ingredients in a separate bowl (flour, sugar and baking powder).
Now, combine the ingredients of the two bowls into the bread pan. Insert the pan into the bread maker, plug it in, select the cake menu program and press start.
Rye Bread Recipe
This bread type is made from rye grain. The loaf tends to be higher in fiber with a denser texture and darker color when compared to a wheat flour bread.
You probably won’t bake a 100% rye bread loaf in a bread machine, since most of these recipes require the addition of wheat flour.
For example, a light rye bread recipe for the bread machine might require these ingredients: water, bread flour, rye flour, sugar, salt, butter, caraway seed and yeast.
Seven Grain Bread Recipe
Wow, bread made with seven different grains? What would that include? Wheat, rye, barley, oats? But that is only four!
Do not worry, it is probably best to simply buy a seven-grain bread flour mix and use that instead of trying to combine your own cereal mix.
In general, you would need water, bread flour, seven grain cereal, sugar, dry milk, salt, butter and yeast.
Apple Bread Recipe
There are quite a few variations on the basic apple bread recipe such as apple sauce cinnamon, apple cider cinnamon, apple oatmeal raisin, apple pecan, apple butter and even apple pie bread.
For example, a 100% whole wheat apple bread uses these ingredients: water, whole wheat flour, sugar, molasses, dry milk, salt, vital wheat gluten, butter, cinnamon and active dry yeast.
The key ingredient is chopped dried apple, which is added when the bread maker’s mix-in signal beeps or when the automatic fruit dispenser drops it into the dough.
Conclusion
This article just gives a very general idea of some of the bread loaves that can be baked in a bread maker. I might add more bread machine recipes when I feel like it, which isn’t today.
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