Easter Spiced Loaf Recipe Bread Maker

ANISE EASTER BREAD BREAD MACHINE LOAF

Steps:

• Place in order of your manufacturers instructions for your bread machine (makes 1 1/2 pound loaf).
• Place on sweet bread setting, light crust.
• Checking as mixing that it forms a smooth slight tacky ball of dough.
• If dough is sloppy, add a tsp, flour at a time.
• If dough is too hard like, add a tsp milk, at a time.
• Although at this time I did not have to adjust my dough upon mixing.
• Remove when completed baking, to a wire rack.
• Cool thoroughly before cutting with a serrated bread knife, or before storing.

EASTER BREAD IN THE BREAD MACHINE

Steps:

• Mix according to your manufactures instructions.
• Adding the anise seeds after first kneading and signal.
• Add flour if needed or drop of milk if needed upon mixture, to form a nice soft ball of dough.
• Place on sweet bread setting dark crust.

TRADITIONAL FRUITY AND SPICED HOT CROSS BUNS: BREAD-MAKER

Steps:

• Put all of the Hot Cross Bun ingredients into your break maker in the order listed, excepting the dried fruit.
• Put the fruit into the "extras" tray on your bread maker, or leave to one side to add towards the end of the kneading cycle.
• Set the bread maker to Dough setting - or Raisin Dough setting if you have it.
• Press start and if you do not have an "extras" tray, add your dried fruit when your machine alerts you or 5 minutes before the end of the kneading time.
• Lightly grease two baking trays/sheets.
• When the dough cycle has finished, take the dough out and place it on a lightly floured board. Knock back and shape into 12 pieces, rolling them into balls.
• Place them on the greased baking trays/sheets and cover with a clean tea towel or lightly oiled cling film.
• Allow them to rise for about 30-45 minutes or until doubled in size.
• Meanwhile pre-heat the oven the 200C/400F/Gas 6.
• Make the pastry crosses by rolling out the ready-made pastry very thinly and cutting into strips.
• Make the glaze by heating up the milk and adding the sugar - heat them until the sugar has dissolved. Set to one side.
• When the Hot Cross Buns are ready to bake, place two strips of pastry on each top - pressing lightly and bake for 10 - 15 minutes or until well-risen and golden brown. The buns should sound hollow when tapped underneath.
• Brush the glaze on each bun as soon as they have been taken out of the oven and then allow to cool slightly on a wire rack.
• Eat whilst still warm, split & spread with butter!
• These are GREAT toasted when they are a few days old as well!

CAJUN SPICE BREAD (FOR THE BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Put all ingredients into a bread machine with a 2 pound capacity (or larger) in the order suggested by the manufacturer.
• Set the machine to the regular bake cycle.