Baking A Bread

10 Steps to Making Bread in a Bread Machine

If you don't own a bread machine you might be wondering if it requires a lot of effort. What I've done is put together 10 easy steps to show you a typical experience baking bread using a bread maker. Hopefully this gives you a feel for what you'll to be doing once you get yourself one.


1. Wash your hands

The first thing you want to do is wash your hands and clean your area. You don't want to make yourself sick, and you don't want undesirable substances (hair, other food, etc) in your bread.

 

2. Get out your measuring spoons, cups, etc.

Its best to prepare before you get started. Get out your measuring cup and a measuring tablespoon. Have all these clean and available to you to prepare ingredients.

 

3. Prepare your ingredients

It's best to have everything measured before you start dumping items into the bread machine. Now some people just do this as they go along, just like with any other recipe, so this is entirely up to you.

 

4. Wipe clean inside of bread pan

You want to wipe clean the inside of the bread pan. You might have dust or old bread material from a previous baking experience. Just take a wet cloth or paper towel and wipe it clean.

 

5. Place liquids in first

You can use whatever water you want, but for the best tasting bread I'd recommend using purified, bottled, or filtered water. Tap water often contains chlorine, and other chemicals which could influence the taste of the bread. This is of course depended on thoughts on purified water but it does make a difference.

You want to also place eggs, melted butter, or whatever other liquids you want to use. In terms of butter make sure its cooled before you place in the pan to avoid affecting the yeast.

 

6. Place dry ingredients into pan

Now you want to place the dry ingredients in the pan. If you already have everything measured out in bowls this should be an easy step. Just put everything in one at a time. In regards to fruit, nuts and grains, many bread machines have timers to tell you when it's appropriate to add them in. If yours does not you want to wait until the dough has formed before you add these ingredients.

 

7. Insert yeast

Next you want to add the yeast. Make sure the yeast does not get wet before it's added or you will waste the batch. One bread maker that handles yeast differently is the Panasonic SD-YD250. This bread machine actually has a yeast dispenser which drops the yeast into the batch at the perfect time. Unfortunately most models don't have this feature so you will have to drop the yeast right after the dry ingredients.

 

8. Place pan inside of machine

Nest you want to place the pan inside the machine. Make sure it's secure and then shut the lid.

 

9. Set the Timer and bake the bread

Once the lid is closed plug in the bread machine if its not already plugged in and turn on the timer or select a program/cycle. The many options depends on what bread machine you have, what type of bread you want to make, and if you are using a custom program. Now your ready to bake!

 

10. Remove bread from bread maker and enjoy

Once bread has finished baking, let the machine sit for about an hour to cool down then open the lid. Take the pan out and attempt to slide the bread out into a plate. Slice the bread and use saran wrap to keep it fresh. Since bread machine bread has no preservatives it tends to go bad sooner so its best to either eat it within 3-4 days or freeze the bread.

 

Making bread in a bread machine

After taking a look a look at the steps involved you can see how accessible it is to make bread using a bread machine. It basically comes down to: cleaning, getting out measuring tools, placing ingredients inside the pan, dumping in the ingredients, baking, and removing the bread.

With all the different types of bread available, from delicious banana bread, to sour dough, and fruit and nut variations, baking bread is easy and delicious.

Bake a loaf for me and enjoy.

 

About the Author

Benjamin Jamani would like to help you pick the
best bread maker for you, your friends, and your family. He began to research bread machines, and in the process created a website reporting what he found. You can find out what he says, along with top 10 lists, best recipe books, and additional articles here on his bread maker reviews blog.

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