Bread Machine DOUGH CYCLE Recipe- Oven Baked Bread vs Bread Machine Loaf

Bread Maker Machine DOUGH CYCLE Recipe! Use your bread machine’s dough cycle to make a wonderful loaf of bread! It’s so easy! When you use the dough cycle and bake your bread in the oven, your crust will be less thick and crunchy, your bread will have a different texture and density, and you can control the shape of your loaf by using your own bread pans for a more traditional or homemade look. Plus you won’t have that hole in the bottom of your bread! I also make a loaf of bread completely in the bread maker machine with the exact same recipe and measurements to compare the 2 loaves side by side. What a great experiment! Which do you prefer? Try both ways and you may be surprised!

Robyn on the Farm's Favorite Bread Machine Bread Recipe

For a 2 lb loaf:

1 c hot water (237 grams)

1/3 c milk (83 grams)

1/4 c oil or melted butter (57 grams)

3 3/4 bread flour or all purpose flour (450 grams)

3 Tbs sugar or honey (37.5 g sugar or 64 g honey)

1.5 tsp salt (8.5 grams)

1.5 tsp active dry yeast in well (4.5 grams) 

For a 1.5 lb loaf:

3/4 c hot water

1/4 c milk

3 Tbs oil or melted butter

2 3/4 c bread flour or all-purpose flour

2 Tbs sugar or honey

1 1/8 tsp salt

1 tsp active dry yeast

For a 1 lb loaf:

1/2 c hot water

2 1/2 Tbs milk

2 Tbs oil or melted butter

1 3/4 c bread flour or all-purpose flour

1 1/2 Tbs sugar or honey

3/4 tsp salt

1 tsp active dry yeast 

 

Bread Machine: Add ingredients to bread machine in order listed and choose basic white cycle (about 3 hours). Check your ball of dough a few minutes in to check to be sure all ingredients are incorporated and your dough looks smooth, not too sticky, wet, or dry (see video).

Dough Cycle: Place into bread machine bread pan in order listed. Set to dough cycle. Check your ball of dough a few minutes in to check to be sure all ingredients are incorporated and your dough looks smooth, not too sticky, wet, or dry (see video). When the dough cycle has completed in 1.5 hours, punch down dough and turn out onto counter. Shape into a loaf and place in loaf pan. Let rise for 20-30 minutes. Bake in 350 oven for 30 minutes. ENJOY!!

 

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