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Make an Easy Medium Sized White /Brown or Mixed Grain Loaf of Bread Using a Bread Maker

It looks like a lot of instructions however they are step by step and this only takes a few minutes if that. It is so much faster than having to knead. Although  I admit I like kneading, the convenience and time taken to make bread this way make it so much easier. This is for a simple loaf of bread using strong white bread flour. This is the best way to start as bread flour rises easily, wholegrain flour has a couple more steps and doesn't rise as well. Once you have the basics down you can always progress to all kinds of bread.

Keyword Bread, making
Prep Time 7 minutes
Cook Time 56 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 3 minutes
Author White River

Ingredients

  • 350 ml Skimmed milk (room temperature) If you prefer you can use water and dried milk powder instead (260Water/2tbs dried
  • 3 tbsp Vegetable Oil
  • 432 g All-purpose flour or Bread Flour White or add 30g if using Wholewheat flour For a mixed loaf put in 288g cups of white and 144g wholemeal flour
  • 4 tbsp White Sugar (Brown for a Brown loaf)
  • 4 g Salt
  • 2 teaspoon Yeast Quick Bake, fast yeast

Instructions

  1. First, prepare your breadmaker.
  2. Remove the bread pan from the bread maker and put it on the counter.
  3. Make sure you have inserted the paddle correctly.
  4. Gather your ingredients.
  5. You are ready to put them into the breadmaker.
  6. Choose your loaf size, small medium or large.
  7. Measure out your ingredients according to your loaf size and as you want to put them into the machine (see below for measuring tips).
  8. Note: You have to put the ingredients into the bread maker in the EXACT order that they are listed on your instructions. Yeast is last and keep it away from the water
  9. Return the pan to the machine making sure it is put in properly. (Mine you simply turn clockwise to lock it in place)
  10. Once the pan is in the machine you can put the lid down.
  11. You are now ready to switch the machine on.
  12. Choose your settings for the bread according to the size loaf you already decided on.
  13. Choose the colour of the bread crust, light, medium or dark.
  14. Decide on the time to cook and set accordingly. (This will vary depending on your machine, fast bake is only about 56 minutes)
  15. Press start and leave the machine until it has finished.
  16. When it is finished if you can wait until it has cooled to remove it if not use something to protect your hands as the pan is hot.
  17. Tip out your bread onto a flat surface.

Recipe Notes

Please note that different machines may need different quantities of ingredients. This is a basic universal loaf of bread you may need to adapt the quantities depending on your machine.