{"id":1436,"date":"2013-12-28T04:38:01","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T20:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2013-12-29T06:29:23","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T22:29:23","slug":"easy-all-purpose-flour-breadmaker-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/2013\/12\/easy-all-purpose-flour-breadmaker-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy All Purpose Flour Breadmaker Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AllI didn’t get a breadmaker for Christmas. Telling my husband “I want the breadmaker<\/a>\"\" they are selling at Grocery Outlet for $30″ apparently was not enough of a hint. He didn’t think I was serious, even after I told him “I’m serious, I want it”. So, after I failed to find the bread maker under the tree on Christmas morning, I sent him to GO to buy it anyway. I got it last night, but it didn’t come with bread flour or dry milk.<\/p>\n

I could, I suppose, go to the supermarket and get those things – but I figured instead I’d look to see if I could find a recipe that used all-purpose flour. Indeed, there is an abundance of them but I settled on the one below because it was easy and got good reviews.<\/p>\n

For being my first time making bread, I was quite pleased. The bread wasn’t perfect, but it was quite tasty with grilled cheese<\/a>, and even more with plain butter.\u00a0\u00a0 The bread is a bit sweet, so it’d go great with jam as well, or honey.<\/p>\n

On the minus side, I used the 58′ express setting and the bread didn’t quite bake all the way.\u00a0 It was also quite crumbly; I was able to cut it with a bread knife, but it didn’t hold fully together.\u00a0 It was a bit dense and tasted a bit too much of flour, which I’m not sure if is a good thing or not.\u00a0 My oldest didn’t really like it, but my youngest did.\u00a0 I’m going to experiment with other recipes, but given that I can make this in a little over an hour, with regular ingredients, I’m sure I’ll make it again and again – next time in the regular time setting.<\/p>\n

Update\u00a0<\/strong>I made this recipe again using the basic bread maker option.\u00a0 The results were very good. The bread had a browner crust and a more complex, balanced flavor (my older daughter compared it to sourdough, but I still find it sweet).\u00a0 It was still underdone, however.\u00a0 I did cut it right away, rather than let it rest, but it was just as crumbly as before.\u00a0 All in all, I’m not sure it’s worth the extra time.<\/p>\n

Update 2<\/strong> I made it for a third time at the slower Express setting. Camila thought it was the best, while Mike thought it was much inferior to the 3 hour setting. I was happy enough with it, but the 3 hour setting does produce the best crust.<\/p>\n

Easy All Purpose Flour Breadmaker Bread<\/strong><\/p>\n