Having homemade bread on hand is important to me, and I can accomplish this on a regular basis by using a bread machine.
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups Warm water
3 tbsp Butter
1 tsp Salt
3 tbsp Dry milk powder
4 tbsp Sugar
1 Egg
3 cups Bread flour or all-purpose flour *
2 ½ cups Whole wheat flour **
2 ½ tsp Bread machine yeast ***
DIRECTIONS:
- Ensure bread pan and paddles are attached securely in bread machine.
- Measure ingredients into bread pan in order listed.
- Close lid and plug in machine.
- Set machine to dough setting and press start. Machine will mix ingredients and do the first rise (about 90 minutes).
- When signal sounds, drop bread out of pan onto floured surface.
- Punch down and shape into three equal loaves.
- Place each loaf into a greased loaf pan and put in oven with light on. Cover with lightly greased parchment paper and let rise for one hour.
- Remove from oven and preheat oven to 350°F.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Remove bread from loaf pans and allow bread to cool completely on a wire rack before slicing.
- ENJOY!
Notes
* Bread flour is higher in gluten-forming protein and will give more structure and elasticity to the bread, resulting in greater volume. However, all-purpose flour provides great results as well. I only ever use all-purpose flour. It is less expensive and always available in my kitchen.
** To make white bread, you can use 5 1/2 cups of bread flour or all-purpose flour. I like to add whole wheat for a little added nutrition.
*** Bread machine yeast is a special fine grained, dehydrated yeast designed to dissolve thoroughly during mixing and kneading in bread machines
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I want to buy a cook book for 3 pound bread machine
Me too! I just bought a second-hand bread and baguette maker, but it didn’t come with the recipe book.
Did you find one? I also am looking for one.
Where to get cook book for 2and1/4 to 3lb loaf
Here is a link to an owners manual for a 3-lb bread machine. It has a few recipes in it that might be worth a try.
https://www.manuals.ca/black-and-decker/b2300/manual?p=1
I like this recipe – although I’m about to make cinnamon raisin bread. I’m using this recipe.
Hi Rose,
I have not done this… yet!
But, if I did, I would add the cinnamon to the ingredients before mixing, and work in the raisins after the dough setting when I knead the dough down and shape into loaves. Let me know how it works! My husband loves raisin bread.