MILLIE'S EASY WHITE/WHEAT BREAD (BREAD MACHINE)

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This has become my family's favorite bread recipe. My bread machine was messing up and burning everything, except on the one hour setting. This was a challenge as most wheat breads must be kneaded and risen longer than your normal white bread that uses the one hour setting. This was what I came up with and we love it. I like the...

Provided by Millie Johnson

Categories     Other Breads

Time 1h5m

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 1/2 c unbleached white bread flour
1/2 c unbleached wheat flour
1 - 1 1/2 c warm water (115-120 degrees) , plus 2 tablespoons
1 tsp cocoa powder
1 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp molasses
1 tsp sea salt
1 - 1 1/2 Tbsp active dry yeast * i use fleischman's bread machine yeast, or rapid rise yeast.
2 Tbsp melted butter

Steps:

  • 1. Pour white flour into a large bowl, then scoop flour with a big spoon into the measuring cup (so flour will not be compressed) and level out flour by running the flat side of a knife across the top of the measuring cup. Put measured flour into a slightly smaller bowl.
  • 2. Now add the salt, sugar and cocoa to flour and stir to combine. Do NOT add yeast yet.
  • 3. In small pot, melt butter then add the water to the pot and heat to 120 *F.
  • 4. Add molasses to pot and stir to mix it into water. Now pour this into the bread machine reservoir.
  • 5. Spoon flour mix into reservoir then use spoon to make a shallow hole in the middle. Do not go through to liquid. Pour the yeast into this hole. Put into bread machine and run it on the one hour bread cycle.(#5 setting on mine)
  • 6. * You may need to add a tad more water if mix is too dry. Just add a teaspoon at a time and scrap the sides down with rubber spatula.
  • 7. When bread machine is finished, turn loaf out cool on a rack. Do not wrap or bag till it is cooled completely.
  • 8. Sometimes I also add 1/4 tsp. garlic powder and onion powder to the dry ingredients. Very good for sandwiches !

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