Bread Machine Recipes

Here are the bread (machine) recipes I promised. Each of these yields one loaf. See the post below for my instructions for a "regular" shaped loaf and soft crust. For all of these recipes, place ingredients in your machine according to the directions given in your instruction manual. (Just an aside- I always mix my dry ingredients, minus the yeast, in a separate bowl. I place the wet ingredients directly in the machine pan. Then I add all of the dry ingredients at once, make a well in the flour to add the yeast, and get the machine going. Then I stand there with the machine and help it along with a rubber spatula. I make sure all of the flour is getting mixed in, scraping it off the sides. ) Sometimes I end up having to add another tablespoon or two of flour as the machine is doing the initial mixing. I think it has to do with the humidity and how accurately I measured my water ; ) You be the judge when you make your loaves- I trust you. But I recommend adding only one tablespoon at a time so you don't overcompensate.)

Simply Spelt Bread
(basic setting)

3 1/2 cups whole-grain spelt flour
2 Tbsp. gluten
1 1/8 cup water, warmed to 110*
2 Tbsp. Olive Oil
2 Tbsp. Honey
1 tsp. salt
2 1/2 tsp. bread machine yeast

Spelt-Oatmeal Bread

(basic setting)

3 cups whole-grain spelt flour

1 cups quick oats

1 1/2 Tbs. powdered milk

2 Tbsp. gluten

1 1/4 cups water, warmed to 110*

3 Tbsp. butter, softened

2 Tbsp. turbinado (Sugar in the Raw) -or- brown sugar

1 1/2 tsp. salt

2 1/2 tsp. bread machine yeast

Whole Wheat Bread**
(whole wheat setting)

3 cups whole wheat flour
4 tsp. gluten
1 cups water, warmed to 110*
3 Tbsp. olive oil
3 Tbsp. honey
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. yeast

** for cinnamon bread, increase the honey to 1/4 cup;
add 1 Tbsp. Cinnamon to the dry ingredients.
You may also enjoy 1/2 cup raisins and 1/2 tsp. nutmeg.
We normally leave those out though.

Multigrain Loaf

(whole wheat setting)

1 1/4 + 1/3 cup whole grain spelt flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

2 Tbsp. barley flour (you can use whole wheat instead)

1/4 cup 7-, 9-, 10-, or 12-grain cereal

2 Tbsp. gluten

3/4 + 2 Tbsp. water

2 Tbsp. butter, softened; or olive oil

1 1/2 Tbsp. EACH honey and molasses

1 1/4 tsp. salt

2 1/2 tsp. bread machine yeast