Any Bread Machine fanatics here?

[J Castwell]

Thanks Keith, I will print that one out for sure. I will say though, that the once tranquil home of mine has now been invaded by a gnawing/grinding/oscillating/pulsating kitchen cupboard beast-in-a-box that gets warm and smells really good. So far though, she only makes one loaf a day...

[Joe Valencic]

Sure is hard to pass up a slice of fresh, hot bread with a little butter and jam on it. I just might have two, since it's right here in front of me.

Joe

[Gnu Bee Flyer]

About the wonder bread thing. I read somewhere about a product that the bread industry uses, not generally available in stores that smooths out the texture of bread. Its not gluten flour. The article I read said it is hard to come by and sorry I don't remember the name of it. It was on the web and lost into the void as I cruised from site to site.

A really good home made recipe will be superior in taste and texture to wonder bread anyway.

[Joe Valencic]

I found it.....

Homemade Wonder Bread (ABM)

2 1/2 tsp. active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water (110?F.)
1 tbsp. white sugar
4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup instant potato flakes
1/4 cup powdered milk
2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup white sugar
2 tbsp. butter or margarine
1 cup warm water (110?F.)

Whisk together the yeast, 1/4 cup warm water and sugar. Allow to sit for 15 minutes.

Add ingredients in the order suggested by your machine's manufacturer, including the yeast mixture. Select the basic and light crust setting.

This recipe yields a 2 lb. loaf.

Comments: A white bread recipe without a strong yeast flavor. Proofing the yeast first eliminates some of the yeast taste from the final product.

[J Castwell]

Timing is everything,,, the (purchased today, (by me)) yogurt (8oz) is out and ready to make up the one posted above from Keith,,, NOW you come along with THIS!! Decisions, decisions, decisions,,, Life used to be simple around here, a few major surgerys, some sickness, lots of pain pills,,, but now comes home made bread!

[kjackson]

This is an easy decision, JC. Make both, or rather make all the breads...and I'll enjoy them vicariously through you. I'm on a low-carb diet and bread is something other people eat.

[TyroneFly]

FYI,

Use unsalted butter for making bread. To much salt will kill the yeast.

[J Castwell]

hmmm, I wonder, can this thing make 'dough-balls' for catfish???
(oh,good grief,,, the 'thing' just started grinding away again! (it's early, only 5:25!)
*update* informed this batch is indeed the one submitted by Keith,,, "film at 11:OO"

[Joe Valencic]

hmmm, I wonder, can this thing make 'dough-balls' for catfish???
(oh,good grief,,, the 'thing' just started grinding away again! (it's early, only 5:25!)
*update* informed this batch is indeed the one submitted by Keith,,, "film at 11:OO"

Anxiously waiting with baited breath. Yum, yum!

[kjackson]

Now I'm getting nervous...thinking about the times this recipe has bombed for me...sometimes my methods do fail. I keep thinking of things I should have said about checking the dough while it's working to make sure it's the right consistency and so on.

Ahh, well.

When it works, which is most of the time and all of the time when I actually measure the ingredients, the rolls are very, very good...