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The SECOND most important secret of making bread:
Add ingredients into the bread pan in the exact order given in the recipe.
This means:
— FIRST, liquid ingredients
— SECOND, dry ingredients
— LAST, yeast
Also, make sure ingredients are at room temperature, unless otherwise
noted (that is, between 75°–85°F or 24°– 30°C). Temperatures too cool
or too high can affect the way the bread rises and bakes.
Last, it’s a good idea to start with fresh ingredients (especially fresh flour
and yeast).
Now, let’s try a simple (but really good) recipe.
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Attach the kneading blade in the bread pan.
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Place ingredients into the bread pan in the following order: water,
butter or margarine, sugar, milk powder, salt and flour.
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With finger, make a small indentation
on one side of the flour. Add yeast to
indentation, making sure it does not come
into contact with the liquid ingredients.
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Carefully insert bread pan into breadmaker and gently close the lid.
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Plug the power cord into a wall outlet.
1 cup + 2 Tbsp. water
(75°–85°F or 24°–30°C)
1 Tbsp. butter or
margarine, softened
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. non-fat dry
milk powder
1-1/2 tsp. salt
3 cups bread flour
2-1/2 tsp. bread machine
yeast
Homestyle White Bread
1.5-Pound Loaf
Let’s Bake Bread
The simplest way to learn how to bake bread is to follow a basic recipe.
The following recipe is easy and the bread is delicious.
Before You Begin:
• Be sure to start with fresh ingredients.
• Be sure to have the following measuring equipment:
— Liquid measuring cup
— Dry measuring cups
—Measuring spoons
•You will need the following ingredients:
—Water
— Salt
— Butter/Margarine
Bread flour is specifically formulated and
is preferred for electric bread machines.
— “Non-fat dry milk powder”
— Sugar
— Active, bread machine yeast
Measuring
The most important secret of making bread: “Exact measurements.”
That’s the key to successfully baking bread. “Exact measurements.”
With wet ingredients, use ONLY measuring cups with the cups/ounces
marked clearly on the side. After filling the
measuring cup, place it on a flat surface and
view it at eye level to make sure the amount
of liquid is exact. Then, double check.
With dry ingredients, use a spoon to place
ingredients into the measuring cup then “level off”
the measurement with the back of a knife or
spatula to make sure the measurement is exact.
Another helpful tip is to never use the cup
to scoop the ingredients (for example, flour).
By scooping, you could add up to one Tbsp.
of extra ingredients. Fill the measuring cup
with a spoon before leveling off.
