| If you've tried all the recipes that came in | | | | Brioche Dough |
| your bread machine recipe book you may want | | | | |
| to be a little adventurous and try out some | | | | Brioche is a sweet, eggy bread that is almost |
| new ones. To avoid baking disasters its best | | | | a cake. It's perfect to eat first thing in |
| you start off with recipes that are simple | | | | the morning along with a cup of strong French |
| and straightforward. But this doesn't mean | | | | coffee. The loaf is baked in the oven but the |
| you have to bake bland bread; far from it. | | | | dough is prepared in the bread machine. |
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| If you've just been baking bread maybe you | | | | Ingredients - this will make a 1.5lb loaf |
| should be a little more adventurous and try | | | | |
| making dough for bagels, brioche and other | | | | 1/3 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees |
| delicious pastries. As well as the bread | | | | C) |
| maker recipes that follow, there's some dough | | | | |
| ones too, that will, hopefully, whet your | | | | 3 eggs |
| appetite enough to try them out. | | | | |
| | | | 2 egg yolks |
| Autumn Seed Bread | | | | |
| | | | 3/4 cup softened butter |
| For me fall and the approach of winter signal | | | | |
| the start of the home baking year. It's a | | | | 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour |
| time when the harvest is in and most | | | | |
| ingredients that are used in baking are | | | | 1/4 cup white sugar |
| produced; things like wheat, seeds and | | | | |
| preserves. | | | | 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast |
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| Ingredients - this will make a 1.5 to 2lb | | | | Directions |
| loaf | | | | |
| | | | Put all the other ingredients into the bread |
| 1 cup warm water | | | | pan in the order recommended by the |
| | | | manufacturer. Select the dough cycle. While |
| 1 (.25 ounce) package yeast | | | | the dough is being nixed and kneaded you can |
| | | | preheat your oven to 350 degrees F (175 |
| 1/4 cup honey | | | | degrees C). Turn finished dough out onto a |
| | | | lightly floured board and knead 5 to 10 |
| 4 teaspoons vegetable oil | | | | times. Separate into 2 or 3 pieces. Roll with |
| | | | hands into strips. Braid or twist strips |
| 3 cups whole wheat flour | | | | together. Place onto a parchment lined baking |
| | | | sheet and brush the top with egg wash. Bake |
| 1/4 cup wheat bran (optional) | | | | for about 20 minutes or until medium browned. |
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| 1 teaspoon salt | | | | Perfect Bagels |
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| 1/3 cup sunflower seeds | | | | Bagels make great sandwiches. The heavy, |
| | | | dense dough makes a bagel sandwich a meal in |
| 1/3 cup shelled, toasted, chopped pumpkin | | | | itself. |
| seeds | | | | |
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| Directions | | | | |
| | | | 4-4 1/2 cups flour |
| Apart from the seeds, put all the other | | | | |
| ingredients into the bread pan in the order | | | | 2 x (.25 ounce) package yeast |
| recommended by the manufacturer. Select the | | | | |
| whole wheat cycle and press start. If your | | | | 1-1 /12 cups warm water |
| machine has a signal for fruit or nuts, add | | | | |
| the sunflower and pumpkin seeds at the beep. | | | | 3 teaspoons sugar |
| Just before the bake part of the cycle you | | | | |
| can brush on some beaten eggs on top of the | | | | 1 teaspoon salt |
| dough loaf and sprinkle on some of the seeds. | | | | |
| | | | 1 additional teaspoon sugar |
| Blue Cheese And Port Bread | | | | |
| | | | 1 beaten egg white |
| This is delicious bread that I bake around | | | | |
| Christmas time. I love to eat it while still | | | | Directions |
| warm in front of the fire with a glass of | | | | |
| rich red wine. | | | | Put all the ingredients into the bread pan in |
| | | | the order recommended by the manufacturer. |
| Ingredients - this will make a 1lb loaf | | | | Select the dough cycle. After the first |
| | | | kneading is finished, turn the machine off |
| 2/3 cup warm water | | | | and allow dough to rise in pan for about an |
| | | | hour. Then bring a large pot of water to boil |
| 2 cups bread flour | | | | and add additional sugar; simmer, maintaining |
| | | | a slow steady boil. Turn on oven to 350°F. |
| 1 tablespoon sugar | | | | Prepare baking sheet with non stick spray and |
| | | | cornmeal. Turn out dough on a floured |
| 1 teaspoon salt | | | | surface. Divide into 12 pieces. Shape bagels |
| | | | by making balls and punching a hole in the |
| 2 teaspoons butter | | | | center. Put bagels, 3 or 4 at a time into |
| | | | water and cook for 1 1/2 minutes on each |
| 2 tablespoons port red wine | | | | side. Transfer to baking sheet with slotted |
| | | | spoon and brush with egg white. Add any |
| 1/4 cup Danish blue cheese | | | | toppings you wish to use. When all the bagels |
| | | | are on the baking sheet, bake for 15-18 |
| 1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts | | | | minutes or until golden brown. |
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| 2 1/2 tablespoons applesauce | | | | The above bread machine recipes are just a |
| | | | few of my favorites. They're all delicious |
| 1 1/2 teaspoons yeast | | | | and easy to make. Experimenting with |
| | | | different recipes has not only been rewarding |
| Directions | | | | for me but also great fun and I hope you'll |
| | | | soon discover more recipes that you can call |
| Apart from the cheese and walnuts, put all | | | | your own. |
| the other ingredients into the bread pan in | | | | |
| the order recommended by the manufacturer. | | | | Follow the links for more delicious bread |
| Select the basic bread cycle and press start. | | | | machine recipes as well as bread machine |
| If your machine has a signal for fruit or | | | | reviews on leading brands like Oster, |
| nuts, add the cheese and walnuts at the beep. | | | | Cuisinart and the Breadman bread machine. |
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