So I got a bread machine and man it's nice!
No more $3.98 a loaf bread for me. We have 4 people in our house so we go through about two loafs a week. So far we have only made Whole Wheat Bread and we have been doing it for about two months and I will never go back to the store bread again!
It's vary easy but it does take some time so you have to plan ahead. It only takes 5 minutes to mix the ingredients and start the machine. But you should be home for the 4 and a half hours it takes to mix and bake it just in case something goes wrong like a fire. You know Murphy law the first time you leave it by its self it will burn your house down.
Here is the ingredients for the bread:
- 1 Active dry Yeast packet or 2 1/2 teaspoons of instant yeast
- 1 1/3 cups of water
- 1/4 cup of vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup of Molasses or Honey or maple syrup
- 3 1/2 cups of Whole wheat flour
- 1/4 cup nonfat dried milk
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 3 to 4 teaspoons of vital wheat gluten
Here are the keys to making this bread.
1. You must use 3 to 4 teaspoons of vital wheat gluten (Unless you like short dense loafs of bread)
2. Mix the Wheat flour and the wheat gluten and the dried nonfat milk in a bowl
3. Put the oil in the the bread machine pan first and then molasses and then the water it should be around 80 to 95 degrees
4. Add the dry mix to the pan
5. Now in one of the corners add the salt then cover it with the mix (you want it deep in the corner but not in the water)
6. Now add the yeast to the center of the mix in a hole and cover it up like the salt.
Other tips that will help:
1. use the 1/4 cup for the dried milk first then for the oil and last for the molasses this way the milk won't stick or the molasses.
2. When you measure out the flour stir it up with a spoon to fluff it up first so it doesn't pack and then use the edge of the handle to level it off in the cup you will get better results if you do this.
3. The yeast temp should be 80 degrees but I make it about 10 to 15 degrees higher because once you put it in the pan and get all the other stuff in the it cools off 10 to 12 degrees.
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