Bread Machine 60 Minute White Bread Recipes

WHITE BREAD FOR THE BREAD MACHINE

Steps:

• Place water, sugar, salt, oil, bread flour and yeast into pan of bread machine.
• Bake on White Bread setting. Cool on wire racks before slicing.

BREAD MACHINE WHITE BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Add the ingredients in the order listed to the bread maker pan. The ingredients are listed in the order that Cuisinart machines require them to go. Check your brand's manual for the correct order to add ingredients. If it differs, add them in the order that your manual states.
• Select the basic/white bread setting. Choose the 2 lb loaf size and your preferred crust color. *see notes for making a smaller loaf
• Optional: At the end of the last kneading cycle, remove the kneading paddle. If you miss this step, remove the paddle using oven mitts after the bread cools.
• When baking is complete, remove from the bread pan immediately. Cool on a wire rack for at least 15-30 minutes before slicing.

FAST BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat milk to 110ºF-115ºF
• Combine flour, instant yeast, sugar, and milk in the bowl of your stand mixer with the dough hook attached and mix for one minute
• Add in salt and melted butter
• Add in a 1/4 cup more flour if the dough is not sticking to the bowl because of the butter. If the dough is still not sticking to the bowl, add in 1-2 Tablespoons of water.
• Mix for 5 minutes on speed 2
• After 5 minutes, take a piece of dough and stretch it between your fingers. If you can make a very thin "window" that does not tear then you have developed enough gluten and you can shape your dough.
• If the window tears, then mix for 2 more minutes.
• Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface for 4-5 turns until you can form a smooth ball
• Coat a large bowl in a little olive oil
• Place the dough top side down into the bowl to get the top of the dough covered in oil then flip it over. Cover with a cloth and place in a warm area for 25 minutes to rise until the dough doubles in size (about 25 minutes) *see notes*
• Preheat your oven to 375ºF
• Divide your dough into two loaves (or more if you want to make hoagie's or rolls)
• Let your loaves rest for 5 minutes
• Brush your loaves with egg wash to promote a nice golden brown color
• Use a sharp knife to make three slashes at a 30º angle in the top of the loaf, about 1/4" deep. These slashes make the loaves look nice and also keeps the crust from tearing while it bakes in the oven.
• Bake your loaves for about 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. You can also use a thermometer to check the center of your bread. If the temperature reads 190º - 200º your bread is done.

BEST EVER WHITE BREAD (ABM)

Steps:

• Place ingredients in bread maker following your manufacturers guidelines.
• Personally I only mix it up in the bread maker. When it is done proofing I turn it out onto a floured surface shape it and place it in a greased (cooking spray) loaf pan. Let rise for approx 1 hour, til doubled. I bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

BREAD MACHINE 60 MINUTE WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Add ingredients to clean bread machine pan in the order listed (unless your machine requires dry ingredients to be at the bottom of the pan, in which case reverse the order).
• 2. Set machine to Rapid Bake or Express Bake (NOT Quick - see IMPORTANT note below) or whichever cycle will process yeast bread in 2 hours or less. Start the machine.
• 3. Check bread occasionally to make sure the machine is doing what it's supposed to be doing. Enjoy the smell of freshly baking bread. When machine indicates bread is done, follow its directions for removing the loaf, then cool on wire rack until cool enough to handle, then "hack off a gobbet," butter liberally and enjoy!
• 4. VARIATIONS: Variation #1 For an Italian flavor, use extra virgin olive oil as the fat in this recipe, and add 1 - 2 tsp ground rosemary* with the flour (I mix it in one of the cups of flour before adding it to the pan, but it's probably not necessary to do that). I have had some issues with the bread rising less due to the addition of rosemary, but others have not noticed this, so experiment and see how it works for you. * You can use whole dried rosemary leaves if you don't have ground, but I find that they tend to feel like pine needles in the mouth and people spit them out instead of enjoying their delightful flavor. Using fresh leaves will prevent this from happening, just be sure to increase the measurement by 2 (meaning 3 times the original amount). Fresh herbs take up more space than dried so you need to use a larger measure when going the fresh route. Likewise, when substituting dried herbs instead of fresh, you need to use only 1/3 the amount of dried compared to the fresh. Generally, because 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon, I substitute teaspoons for tablespoons when switching between dried and fresh herbs.
• 5. Variation #2 If you really want to step things up you can add some minced/crushed or dried garlic and/or chopped olives to this bread (maybe 1 - 3 cloves fresh OR 1/4 - 3/4 tsp garlic ~powder~, NOT garlic salt which has more salt than garlic. And around 1/4c - 1/2c chopped olives, drained† [some people put olives in whole and let the machine "chop" them, but I've never done it]), but if you add the olives you may need to slightly reduce the water measurement due to the moisture added by the olives. If you aren't planning to do anything special with this loaf feel free to experiment, but I wouldn't chance it if you're making it to give as a gift or to take to someone else's dinner. † You can also use undrained olives, but since the amount of liquid varies between cans, you should drain the can into your measuring cup, then top off with water. Also, the olive "juice" will be pretty salty, so you may want to add less salt with the dry ingredients.
• 6. IMPORTANT: Express or Rapid cycles are NOT the same as quick bread cycles. Express or Rapid cycles are only to be used with specially developed yeast bread recipes. They do not even work well with normal yeast bread recipes without altering the recipe. Quick breads are breads that use baking soda and/or baking powder as the leavening agent, not yeast. Quick breads do not use kneading, whereas yeast breads (with a few exceptions) require it. Since the turn of the 21st century, bread machines often have both a Rapid/Express cycle as well as a Quick bread cycle. Therefore, make sure you are using the correct cycle for your recipe! (There are a few yeast bread recipes that augment with baking soda/powder, or vice versa. I have absolutely no experience with these except to know they exist. I don't recommend using these types of recipes in a bread machine unless you are already very familiar with the recipe and believe it compatible with your particular bread machine.)