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Bread Machine Baking is a Modern Day Miracle
Back in the day I would make home baked bread from scratch, never even dreaming of bread machine baking. I mean I would do the whole kit and caboodle. I would put it all together, knead it, set it to rise, being careful not to let it be in a draft and making sure it was warm enough. I would then “punch” it down, then let it rise again, and on a really good day I would let it rise a third time. Then I would bake that bread and have the whole neighborhood in the jealous ecstasy because of that wonderful aroma.
And then…
The 21st century happened. That’s got to be it, what other reason is there that I have stopped making that fabulous bread? Oh I and my family didn’t stop loving home baked bread, oh no! In fact, I get complaints about not baking bread often enough.
But who’s got time? I work, I have a home and husband, I have a life that is so busy I can’t find enough hours in any given day. Who’s got time to bake? I ask you!
Well… I do.
Seriously, I love making fresh baked bread, having the house filled with the aroma and pleasing my family. I love it. But how do I do it? I got a bread making machine.
It’s the best invention of any century.
Now bread machine baking has a few tricks to keep in mind. But it is simple and easy cooking. There are basically only a few ways to mess up a bread machine recipe. Having yeast that isn’t fresh will definitely ruin your baking attempt. Your yeast should be within the expiration date. Be sure to measure and be precise with your ingredients especially the flour, too much and you won’t get nice bread. Just gather your ingredients and measure carefully, you’ll have fabulous fresh bread before you know it.
Bread machines can make several types of bread, quick bread that cooks in 2-4 hours, regular bread in 31/2 – 4 hours and even fruit breads or cheese bread. It is all just a matter of timing and when to add the ingredients which all will be told to you in each recipe.
One more really great thing about bread machine baking is the timing of it all. Bread machines have timers and you can set them for basically any number of hours. For instance, how about waking up to fresh baked bread and smells throughout the whole house upon rising. And what if you have to work today but would love some fresh baked bread for dinner just put your bread on in the morning and time it to be ready for dinner. Fresh, wonderful, delicious bread.
Here is a whole list of bread machine baking recipes. Try one or all of them. Just follow your particular bread machines instructions for the order the ingredients are to be added.
