Best Basic Bread Machine Bread Recipes

BASIC WHITE BREAD (FOR BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• For Bread Measure ingredients in order listed into baking pan Insert baking pan into unit and close lid Select BASIC setting and choose REGULAR or DARK crust.
• Push start button.
• (15 minute delay before mixing begins) Timer will signal when baking cycle is complete.
• Using pot holders, remove baking pan from unit and carefully turn bread out of baking pan.
• Allow to cool before slicing.
• For Buns: Prepare bread recipe and use DOUGH setting When cycle ends, divide dough in to 16 small or 24 medium equal pieces.
• Roll into balls and place on greased baking sheet.
• Cover and let rise until double in size about 50 minutes.
• Bake at 375 degrees (preheated) for 20 minutes.

BASIC EGG BREAD FOR THE BREAD MACHINE (ABM)

Steps:

• Put everything into your bread machine according to manufacturers directions and use the white bread cycle!

BASIC BAGEL (FOR THE BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Remove dough from the machine after the first knead- approximately 20- 30 minutes.
• Place dough on floured surface.
• Divide into 8 parts.
• Form balls, gently press thumb through center of ball and slowly stretch into bagel shape.
• While bagels rise, bring 3 quarts water and 1 TBS sugar to a rapid boil in a large sauce pan.
• Drop test dough (see first success hint).
• Using slotted spoon, drop 2-3 bagels into rapidly boiling water.
• Boil on each side for 1 1/2 minutes.
• Remove and cool on rack 1 minute, brush with egg wash and sprinkle with sesame or poppy seeds, if desired.
• Bake at 400°F on a baking sheet sprinkled with cornmeal, until golden brown- approximately 15 minutes.
• Bagel Success Hints: When forming bagels, set aside two 1/4" balls of dough.
• When bagels have doubled in size, drop the test dough into boiling water.
• Dough should pop to the top right away.
• When this happens, it is time to boil the bagels.
• A quick spray of non-stick vegetable coating on the top of the bagel may be substituted for the egg wash.
• To make bagel sticks, cut bagel before rising and lay out in a straight line.
• Roll sticks in a combination of sesame and poppy seeds with a pinch of garlic powder.
• Let sticks rise, boil, and bake as described in Basic Bagel process steps above.
• To make bagel chips, slice leftover bagels horizontally into thin slices.
• Brush with butter or margarine on one side.
• Lay (butter side up) on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 325°F for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown and crisp.

BASIC BREAD MACHINE BREAD (A B M)

Steps:

• Add the ingredients to your bread pan in the order listed.
• Set your machine to 1 lb / white bread.
• Alternatively, set your machine for the dough cycle. When it's finished, take the dough out, shape it into a round loaf, cover, and let rise until doubled. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 30-40 minutes.
• In both cases, cool on a wire rack before slicing.

RAPID BASIC WHITE BREAD (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Follow directions for your bread machine.
• Instructions for my machine are: Add all ingredients to the baking pan in the order listed. (I mix the water and powdered milk and microwave them on high for 30 seconds before puting in the pan).
• Insert the baking pan into the oven chamber and secure pan.
• Select rapid bake setting and 2-pound loaf.
• Turn on machine.
• When cycle is complete, I put the loaf into a large zip lock bag, seal the bag, and put it on a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.

BREAD MACHINE BASIC PIZZA DOUGH

Steps:

• Put machine on the dough cycle.
• Whatever you decide to make- bake at 425 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

BASIC WHITE BREAD FOR BREAD MACHINE ABM

Steps:

• If you have to proof the yeast first, proof it in the sugar and water in the bread machine's basin for 10-15 minutes or until foamy; then mix the other ingredients together and pop it in for the Basic Medium or Basic White cycle.
• If not, just throw everything in, hit the Basic Medium or Basic White cycle for a 1-lb capacity, and kick back and let the machine do its work! The 1-lb loaf yields about 10 large slices.
• For 1.5-lb loaf, use 1 cup water, 3 tablespoons oil, 3 tablespoons sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, 3 cups bread flour (3 TB vital wheat gluten + 3 cups AP flour) and 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast.
• For 2-lb loaf, use 1 1/3 cups water, 1/4 cup oil, 1/4 cup sugar, 2 teaspoons salt, 4 cups bread flour (4 TB vital wheat gluten + 4 cups AP flour), and 1 tablespoon active dry yeast.

WALTER SANDS BASIC WHITE BREAD, BREAD MACHINE VERSION

Steps:

• Put everything in the bread maker in the above order. I choose the dough setting, as I don't like to bake my bread in it. Let rise until doubled, it may take longer than the time allotted by the machine. Remove, form, put in a 9x5' bread pan. Cover with a damp towel or oiled cling wrap and let rise until it is an in to an inch and a half over the rim of the pan, about an hour.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes, rotating halfway through for even browning. Remove, turn out, let cool completely on a wire rack and offer to a friend.
• One footnote; I like to use hi-maize natural fiber as part of the flour, 1/3 cup, it makes white bread healthier, and you don't even know it is there!

BASIC MACHINE FRENCH BREAD

Steps:

• Add to the bread pan in the order yours needs.
• For mine it is water first.
• Then I add half the flour and the salt followed by the rest of the flour and the yeast on top.
• This will run well on the normal, rapid, and delay start cycles.

BASIC SPELT BREAD FOR OVEN OR BREAD MACHINE

Steps:

• OVEN INSTRUCTIONS: Dissolve yeast in honey with vegetable oil and water.
• Add salt and 1 1/2 cups of spelt flour. Beat well for 3-4 minutes.
• Cover with damp cloth and let rest in a warm place for approximately 30 minutes or until double in size.
• Add remaining flour, turning onto floured board and knead until smooth, adding flour if necessary.
• OPTIONAL: Add desired additional ingredients to taste. This is where I tend to add small amounts of herbs (such as basil and/or rosemary), chia seeds (usually ground), and/or grated parmesan/asiago cheese.
• Place in oiled loaf pan and cover with damp cloth. Let rise in warm place until double in size (approximately 30 minutes).
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown.
• BREAD MACHINE INSTRUCTIONS: Add ingredients to machine according to manufacturer's instructions.
• Bake on shortest cycle (NOT quick bread cycle).
• If loaf falls and craters during baking cylce, decrease water slightly next time.

BASIC SOURDOUGH BREAD WITH CORNMEAL (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• In the bowl of your bread machine add the ingredients in the order they are listed.
• Make sure that the yeast does not touch the water.
• Set the bread machine on bread cycle.

BASIC BREAD MACHINE BREAD

Steps:

• Put all ingredients into the bread machine and run using the dough cycle.
• When the dough cycle is done, roll out dough on a floured surface.
• Fold in the sides in thirds and roll out again.
• Jelly roll the dough, and put it into a greased bread pan.
• Let rise for 60 minutes.
• Bake at 400 F for 15 minutes.