Easy Bread Recipe – Faster than a bread machine
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I developed this recipe to teach 5 year olds how to make bread. I now get accosted by their parents almost on a daily basis for the recipe because it is so easy. It only requires one 5min knead and is pretty much left alone to do its thing. Ingredients * 600g Strong White Bread Flour * 7g Easy Dry Yeast * 1tsp brown sugar * 2tsp salt * 400ml lukewarm water * 3 tblsp melted butter Method Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and then knead either by hand or by machine for 5mins. Put the dough in a loaf tin or divide into small rolls. Cover with a clean tea towel and leave to rise in a warm place for approx 1 hour, or until the dough has doubled in size. Cook in a preheated oven 200c/400f for 30 mins. And that is it. You can use 400g of white and 200g of wholemeal flour if you wish.
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Does anyone know a dark pumpernickel bread machine mix ?
I used to get one put out by Krusteaz but they stopped making it.
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A lot of mixes have instructions for the conventional methods.
Mix it with the yeast and water. Knead. Put it in a lightly-oiled bowl with saran wrap over it, in a warm place, to rise until double in bulk. Punch down and let rise again. Then bake.
The hardest part is kneading. If you haven't made bread by hand before you probably won't knead it enough. The way to tell if you've kneaded it enough is to make a 'window'. Take a piece of dough about the size of a marble. Flatten it out and then stretch it from the middle to make it thinner and thinner in the middle. If it's kneaded enough you should be able to stretch it until it makes a sort of membrane that's translucent, you can almost see through it.
Also the 'punch down' operation, the idea is not to knock all the gas out of the bread. Push it down about to about half it's size and form it into a loaf. Then cover and let rise.
Baking bread the old-fashioned way is an art. It usually doesn't come out great the first time. But you probably will do better with a mix than from scratch, because at least the mixture of ingredients is right.
Delightful. I haven’t tried the bread yet, but the video and cast were a pleasure.
There are several bread machines out there on the market that have a "dough" feature. When this mode is selected, it mixes, kneads, and rises the dough, but it does not bake the dough into bread. Breadman makes a nice bread machine that does up to a 2lb horizontal loaf, has a dough feature, and is around $80. Hope this helps. Look it up on Amazon.com
This is fantastic and has inspired me to bake a loaf this morning… wish me luck!
You may have added too much yeast, or the bread was a portion that was to large for your breadmaker. I have tried to stay away from the breadmaker box mixes and follow the recipes that I received with the bread maker. They are better suited for you bread machine and will give you the correct proportioning for its size. Good luck and please try again. I love mine and love the smell of fresh baking bread that spreads through the house.
1-1/3 cup strong coffee
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup molasses
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup rye flour
2 cup bread flour
2-1/2 teaspoons caraway seeds
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1-1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
1-1/3 teaspoons salt
2-1/2 teaspoons yeast
Fill and bake according to bread machine manufacturer's directions.
I have no idea what grams means. I only know in cups
Used to do the packaged mixes, but went on the Internet and found loads of easy recipes for the bread machine. Have found the boxed bread machine mixes are a bit more expensive than a loaf of bread, but I save more when I make the bread from scratch and I know exactly what went into it and how fresh it is!
Grocery store. Look by the flour. You can also check by the "organic" section if your market has one. One of the best mixes I have found is by Bob's Red Mill, their rye bread mix and rye flour is wonderful.
Why don't you also get a bag of bread flour and some yeast and make some yourself there are some very good cookbooks for bread makers and you can have a lot of fun making some very interesting breads. Not to mention your own pizza dough, and cinnamon rolls. Nothing better than waking up to the smell of fresh bread in the morning.
Sure it is. Just wait until the "punch down" cycle ends, before the machine starts to heat-remove the bread, shape into rolls, cover with a towel and allow second rising, then bake in your regular oven. I do it all of the time. I don't eat meat, but you can also mix and bake a meatloaf right in your bread machine-my mother does it all of the time!
great recipe. thanks for sharing.
lots can be found here
http://www.recipegoldmine.com/breadabm/breadabm.html
here are a couple I have tried
Chili Bread recipe
3/4 cup water
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1 egg
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon crushed chiles
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 package yeast
3/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
Add all ingredients, except cheese, to the bread maker pan in the order listed (or as directed in your bread maker instructions).
Set bread maker to the regular setting and start. Add cheese when the beeper sounds to add additional ingredients.
Hot, Hot Jalapeno Bread recipe
1 (5/16 ounce) package yeast
1 cup unbleached flour
1 cup bread flour
2 tablespoons or less chopped jalapeno peppers
1 tablespoon Monterey jack cheese, shredded
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
7/8 cup water
Put all ingredients, in the order given, into the bread pan, select WHITE bread and push Start.
NOTE: Use fewer jalapenos for a milder bread.
Makes 1 loaf, 8 slices.
As you can see, I like spicy :o)
:) Your video made me smile :) I loved the way you guys voted for the best bread .. It made the video more exciting.. Thank you for the wonderful recipe ..
Thank you this is going to be ggreat for my Food Technology project!
google it.
Still enjoying making this loaf of bread…it is so easy and it is so good…are you not able to make anymore videos? Your recipes are all so good and easy to do. Thanks!
Hey Kate. I had made several wholemeal loaves over the weekend finally getting it right I think. I wanted to make a while load in a tin, never done it before and I busted my Kenwood so I actually needed to knead this one. I went at it for several minutes thinking oh god this isn’t going to work. Slapped it in the tin then went off to Watch an episode of Dr Who. I came back stunned. It worked. It was like magic. Just baked it and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am. Like a 5 year old :o)
Here is the way most bread makers (mine included) say that you should add in your ingredients:
Liquid (Water, Milk, Egg, Honey)
Butter or oil
Flour (all flours, oats, etc.)
Sugar and/or salt
Yeast
Other misc. ingredients (herbs, spices, etc.)