How to Convert a Bread Recipe to a Bread Machine Instructions
1. Know the capacity of your bread machine: 1 lb., 1.5 lb. or 2 lb. fill the bread pan
with water in one cup increments, keeping count of the number of cups the pan
holds. Assume a one-pound machine holds two to three cups, a one-and-a-half pound
machine holds three to four cups and a two pound machine holds four or more cups.
2. Reduce the amount of total flour in your recipe to fit into your bread machine. Look
at the amount of all the flour used in the recipe, even if the recipe uses multiple grains
such as rye flour, wheat flour and rice flour. Use no more than two cups of flour in a
one pound machine, three cups of flour in a one-and-a-half pound bread maker and
four cups of flour in a two-pound machine.
3. Decrease the amounts of all other ingredients by the same proportion as you did the
flour. For example, an original recipe requiring 6 cups of flour converted to a one-
pound bread machine would reduce the flour by 2/3. Decrease all other ingredients by
2/3, so 1 tbsp. (3 tsp.) of yeast would become 1 tsp. of yeast; 2/3 cup (about 12 tbsp.)
of warm liquid would become about 1/4 cup (about 4 tbsp.) of water and 3 tbsp. Sugar
would become 1 tbsp. of sugar.
4. Bring all the ingredients to room temperature, unless your recipe specifies otherwise.
5. Put the ingredients into the bread machine in the correct order: liquids, fats (butter or
oils), liquid milk, salt, sugar or sweetener, dried spices or seasonings, whole wheat
flour, all other flours and yeast.
6. Replace all of the white flour in the recipe with bread flour or add one tbsp. of vital wheat
gluten to the recipe with the flours when putting the ingredients into the bread machine.
7. Plug in the machine and set it for a normal loaf.
8. Wait for your bread machine to do the work and listen for the timer to go off.
9. Let the bread cool for 10 minutes in the bread pan before turning the loaf onto a cooling rack
to cool completely before slicing. Enjoy a homemade loaf of warm bread.
Wonderful White Bread (1.5 pound loaf)
Basic Bread is primarily used for white and mixed breads mainly consisting of wheat
flour or rye flour. The bread has a compact consistency.
Ingredients
* 1 1/4 cup water
* 2 tbsp butter or margarine
* 1 tsp salt
* 2 tbsp sugar
* 3 1/3 cup white bread flour
* 2 tbsp powdered milk
* 2 tsp active dry or 1 1/2 tsp rapid rise yeast
Remove pan and insert mixing paddle.
Measure ingredients and place in pan in the order listed.
Press Menu button; Select Program #1
Press Crust Color button to the desired crust color.
Press the Start – Stop button or select the delayed start button.
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