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Bread Machine - Test Recipes

My 2nd book, Bread Machine Journal - A step by step guide to better, faster bread, is now available as an eBook from the Amazon Kindle Store for 99 cents.
A very limited number of paperbacks will be available in the Minneapolis area starting 12/16/2011.

Objectives

I want to learn the basics of bread making.
I want to understand the purpose of each ingredient.
I want to create shorter, simpler recipes.
I want to make great tasting bread with healthy ingredients, like olive oil, but without white sugar.
I want to be able to create and modify recipes on the fly, making each recipe my own, adapting it both to my machine, and to my own taste.

Action Plan

Buy missing ingredients.
Make simple loaf first.
Gradually add complexity.
Try other machine settings.

This is my journal. Many of the recipes are OK. The 5 star recipes are the best.

December 7th, 2011

Phase 2 of this project begins today on a new page. I'm going to study recipes with less wheat, gradually getting to recipes with no wheat.
Phase 3 will explore gluten-free recipes starting about March 1st, 2012.

December 3rd, 2011

#63 Dale's 1-1/4 lb corn meal- cracked wheat-Parmesan loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup, heaping Parmesan cheese
1 cup bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup cracked wheat flour
1/4 cup corn meal
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Medium. Fell a little. Denser.

December 1st, 2011

#62 Dale's 1 pound PIZZA Dough: * * * *

0.8 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup corn meal
3/4 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Dough. Similar to #48. Smaller recipe, with all-purpose flour.

Toppings are spicy tomato sauce, 2 kinds of shredded cheese, pepperoni, and pineapple.

November 30th, 2011

#61 Dale's 1-1/4 lb cracked wheat-Parmesan loaf: * * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup cracked wheat flour
1/4 cup, heaping Parmesan cheese
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Medium. Very nice. Fell a little. Probably has enough salt, just from the cheese.

November 29th, 2011

#60 Dale's 1 lb cracked wheat-Parmesan loaf: * * * * *

0.8 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup cracked wheat flour
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Rapid, Medium.

November 26th, 2011

#59 Dale's 1 lb honey wheat loaf: * * * *

3/4 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup bread flour
1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Whole Wheat, Medium. Similar to #21.

November 23rd, 2011

#58 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simple cracked wheat loaf: * * *

1 cup warm water
2 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup bread flour
1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup cracked wheat flour
1-1/2 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Rapid, Medium. Sugar and salt are omitted. Denser, but tastes OK. Tougher crust and easier to make thin slices.

November 22nd, 2011

#57 Dale's 1-1/4 lb cracked wheat loaf: * * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup bread flour
1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup cracked wheat flour
1-1/2 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Medium. Similar to #56, but with Basic Bread setting.

November 19th, 2011

#56 Dale's 1-1/4 lb cracked wheat loaf: * * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup bread flour
1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup cracked wheat flour
1-1/2 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Whole Wheat, Light. Similar to #55, but with less bread flour and more whole wheat. Rose nicely. Got 8 slices.

November 17th, 2011

#55 Dale's 1-1/4 lb barley-cracked wheat loaf: * * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup barley flour
1/2 cup cracked wheat flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Light. Similar to #54, but with barley added. A little denser, but easy to slice.

November 16th, 2011

#54 Dale's 1-1/4 lb cracked-wheat loaf: * * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1-1/2 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup cracked wheat flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Light. Modified from #45.

November 14th, 2011

#53 Dale's 1-1/4 lb whole wheat-oat loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup oat flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Light. Similar to #41, but no cheese.

November 11th, 2011

#52 Dale's 1-1/4 lb pumpernickel loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp instant coffee
2 TBSP cocoa powder
1 cup bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup dark rye flour
1 TBSP caraway seeds
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Similar to #43. Machine is set to Basic Bread, Medium. Needs a little more honey or oil, and Light instead of Medium.

November 9th, 2011

#51 Dale's 1-1/4 lb rye loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup dark rye flour
1 TBSP caraway seeds
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Medium. Similar to #44. Nice taste. Took pictures for the new book cover.

November 5th, 2011

#50 Dale's 1-1/4 lb rice loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup rice flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Rapid, Medium. Good.

November 4th, 2011

#49 Dale's 1-1/4 lb buckwheat loaf: *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
3/4 tsp salt
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup buckwheat flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Rapid, Medium. Darker color, subtle taste. Buckwheat is a pseudo cereal like amaranth and quinoa. Some people have allergies to buckwheat.

November 2nd, 2011

#48 Dale's 14" PIZZA!: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
2 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
3/4 tsp salt
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup corn meal
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Dough. The dough was too elastic. The dough needs to rest for at least 30 minutes after it comes out of the machine, and I should have used all purpose flour instead of bread flour.

Toppings are spicy tomato sauce, 4 kinds of shredded cheese, pepperoni, and pineapple. Great taste. Ann thought the crust was too thick. That means there will be leftovers for breakfast!

November 1st, 2011

#47 Dale's 1-1/4 lb spelt loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
3/4 tsp salt
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup spelt flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Rapid, Medium. OK. Nice shape and crust.

October 29th, 2011

#46 Dale's 1-1/4 lb semolina loaf: * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
3/4 tsp salt
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup semolina
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Rapid, Light. Too dense, but has nice taste. Should have used semolina flour instead of semolina middlings.

October 28th, 2011

#45 Dale's 1-1/4 lb cracked-wheat loaf: * * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup cracked wheat flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Rapid, Medium. Made a trip to Northwinds Co-op yesterday and bought 1/2 cup each of cracked wheat flour, semolina, spelt flour, rice flour, corn meal, and buckwheat flour, all for $1.41 total. Nice and chewy.

October 26th, 2011

#44 Dale's 1-1/4 lb rye loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
2 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup dark rye flour
1/2 tsp onion flakes
1 TBSP caraway seeds
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Rapid, Light. Similar to #43. Nice taste. Small crust blow out, which is more likely when using the Rapid Bake setting. Next time, I'll use a little less salt. (That did solve the problem.)

October 24th, 2011

#43 Dale's 1-1/4 lb pumpernickel loaf: * * * * *

1 cup warm water
2 TBSP molasses
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 tsp instant coffee
2 TBSP cocoa powder
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup dark rye flour
1/2 tsp onion flakes
1 TBSP caraway seeds
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Rapid, Light. Same again.

October 23rd, 2011

#42 Dale's 1-1/4 lb pumpernickel loaf: * * * * *

Machine is set to Rapid, Light. Similar to #15. Yikes, 12 ingredients! The Rapid bake option solves a lot of problems. I'm having difficulty seeing any reason to use the 4 hour option anymore.

October 20th, 2011

#41 Dale's 1-1/4 lb wheat-oat-Asiago loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP molasses
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup oat flour
1/4 cup Asiago cheese
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Light. Similar to #40, but no milk powder and less water. Nice rise and taste, a little crumbly.

October 18th, 2011

#40 Dale's 1-1/4 lb wheat-oat-Parmesan loaf: * * *

1 cup warm water + 1 TBSP
1 TBSP molasses
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
2 TBSP dry milk, only included to use up.
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup oat flour
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Light. Similar to #23. Fell. Was it the milk powder? No, too much water. Tastes good. Dense, only 6 slices. Fine crumb.

October 15th, 2011

#39 Dale's 1-1/4 lb SIMPLEST whole wheat loaf test: * * * *

1 cup warm water + 1 TBSP
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil infused with vanilla
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Even simpler than #29. Machine is set to Rapid, Medium. ZERO sugar, ZERO salt and ZERO milk powder test. Rose OK and tastes OK. This is the first time I tried the RAPID setting, which saved an hour. This 'simplest' bread is OK, but is more difficult to slice. Still, I got 8 slices.

October 13th, 2011

#38 Dale's 1-1/4 lb honey wheat loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
2 TBSP dry milk, only included to use up.
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Medium. Milk powder test. Tastes OK. Easy to make thin slices. Got 9 slices.

October 11th, 2011

#37 Dale's 1-1/4 lb honey wheat-quinoa-Parmesan loaf: * * *

1 cup warm water + 1 TBSP
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
2 TBSP dry milk, only included to use up.
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup quinoa flour
1/4 cup, heaping Parmesan cheese
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Medium. This version is similar to recipe # 19. Dense and disappointing. Tough crust, but easy to slice. This is the last quinoa loaf. I think quinoa is overrated. I gave away the remaining quinoa flour.

October 9th, 2011

#36 Dale's 1-1/4 lb peanut butter-Parmesan loaf: * * * * *+

1 cup warm water + 1 TBSP
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
1 tsp salt
1-1/2 cup bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup, heaping Parmesan cheese
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Light. Very good. Best of the 3 PB recipes. Varying the amount of PB to 1/4, 1/3, and 1/2 cup didn't make very much difference.

October 8th, 2011

#35 Dale's 1-1/4 lb peanut butter-Asiago loaf: * * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1 tsp salt
1-1/2 cup bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup, heaping Asiago cheese
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Light. Doubled the peanut butter. Slightly denser. Yummy!

October 6th, 2011

#34 Dale's 1-1/4 lb peanut butter-Parmesan loaf: * * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 tsp salt
1-1/2 cup bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup, heaping Parmesan cheese
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Light. Great! Light. Tasty. Measuring the peanut butter was a hassle.

October 4th, 2011

#33 Dale's 1-1/4 lb multi-grain-Parmesan loaf: * * * * *

1 cup warm water + 1 TBSP
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1-1/2 cup bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/8 cup quinoa flour
1/8 cup oat flour
1/8 cup dark rye flour
1/8 cup soy flour
1/4 cup, heaping Parmesan cheese
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Light. This is an improved version of #32. Got 8 slices. I'm getting rid of the soy flour. I don't like the smell.

October 1st, 2011

#32 Dale's 1-1/4 lb multi-grain-Asiago loaf:

1 cup warm water + 1 TBSP
1 TBSP molasses
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1-1/2 cup bread flour
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup quinoa flour
1/4 cup oat flour
1/8 cup dark rye flour
1/8 cup soy flour
1/4 cup, heaping Asiago cheese
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Light. Fell a little. Denser. Too much heavy flour. Got only 6 slices. Tastes OK.

September 29th, 2011

#31 Dale's 1-1/4 lb whole-wheat-soy-Asiago loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP molasses
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
3/4 tsp salt
1-1/2 cup bread flour
2/3 cup whole wheat flour
1/3 cup soy flour
1/4 cup, heaping Asiago cheese
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Light. Tastes good. The soy makes the dough smell for the first 30 minutes of kneading. Perhaps it is past its date.

September 28th, 2011

#30 Dale's 1-1/4 lb honey-wheat-soy loaf: * * *

1 cup warm water + 1 TBSP
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
3/4 tsp salt
1-1/2 cup bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup soy flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Light. First soy flour test. Denser. Tastes like soy? Highest in protein of any of the flours I've tried, at 10 gr/ 1/4 cup.

September 26th, 2011

#29 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simpler whole wheat loaf test: * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
3/4 tsp salt
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Modified from #28. Machine is set to Basic Bread, Medium. ZERO sugar and ZERO milk powder works fine, at least with bread flour.

September 24th, 2011

#28 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simple whole wheat loaf test: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
3/4 tsp salt
1 TBSP dried milk
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Modified from #21. Machine is set to Basic Bread, Medium. After the last 3 loaves, I hypothesize that 1/2 to 3/4 tsp salt is the ideal amount for a properly rounded loaf top. This also tests whether milk powder can be substituted for sugar. This works!

September 22th, 2011

#27 Dale's 1-1/4 lb honey-wheat-pumpernickel-Parmesan loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water + 1 TBSP
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1-1/2 cup bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup dark rye flour
3 TBSP cocoa powder
1/4 cup, heaping, Parmesan cheese
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Light. Salt seems to affect the flatness or roundness of the loaf top. This time, I added a full tsp of salt. Top of loaf was too round. I hypothesize that the ideal amount of salt for this size loaf is 3/4 tsp.

September 20th, 2011

#26 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simple honey-wheat-rye-Parmesan loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water + 1 TBSP
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup dark rye flour
1/3 cup, heaping, Parmesan cheese
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Light. This is almost the same as # 25. Very good. A little salt makes the loaf a little less dense, and the top is rounded.

September 19th, 2011

#25 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simple honey-wheat-rye-Parmesan loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water + 1 TBSP
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup dark rye flour
1/4 cup, heaping, Parmesan cheese
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Light. Because most cheese contains plenty of salt, I did not add salt. Flat top. Tastes great.

September 17th, 2011

#24 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simple honey-wheat-oat-Parmesan loaf: * * * * *

Encore! Machine is set to light this time.

September 16th, 2011

#23 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simple honey-wheat-oat-Parmesan loaf: * * * * *

1 cup warm water + 1 TBSP
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup oat flour
1/4 cup, heaping, Parmesan cheese
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Medium. For oat, the bake setting should be light, and a slight additional amount of water is required. I accidentally removed the loaf 20 minutes early, and it was plenty done. Slightly denser. Crust is harder. Excellent. I need to replenish the white bread flour and yeast.

September 15th, 2011

#22 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simple honey-Parmesan-whole wheat loaf: * * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Medium. Excellent.

September 13th, 2011

#21 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simple maple-whole wheat loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP maple syrup
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1-1/2 cups bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Medium. Good again.

September 9th, 2011

#20 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simple whole wheat loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP molasses
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1-3/4 cups bread flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Medium. Nice rise. I'm going to tune it a little more.

September 7th, 2011

#19 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simple quinoa loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP molasses
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 TBSP dry milk, only included to use up.
2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup quinoa flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Medium. This version is similar to recipe # 5. Nice rise.

September 6th, 2011

#18 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simpler oat loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP molasses
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 TBSP dry milk, only included to use up.
2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup oat flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Medium. This version has even less oat flour. Very good.

September 1st, 2011

#17 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simple whole wheat-oat loaf: * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP molasses
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 TBSP dry milk, only included to use up.
1 cup bread flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour, minus 2 TBSP
1 TBSP 'vital gluten'
3/4 cup oat flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Basic Bread, Medium. This version has less oat flour. Not quite as dense and tastes very good.

August 26th, 2011

#16 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simple whole wheat-oat loaf: * Not recommended.

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP molasses
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 TBSP dry milk, only included to use up.
1 cup bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour, minus 2 TBSP
2 TBSP 'vital gluten'
1 cup oat flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Whole Wheat, Medium. I think I will avoid the whole grain setting in the future. This version has less wheat and more oat. Too dense. One cup is too much oat flour.

August 20th, 2011

#15 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simple whole wheat-pumpernickel loaf: * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP molasses
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 cup bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour, minus 1 TBSP
1-1/2 TBSP 'vital gluten'
1 cup dark rye flour
3 TBSP cocoa powder
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Omitted dry milk again. Machine is set to Whole Wheat, Light. OK. Is a little dry. Recipe probably needs a little more liquid or a little less solid because of the addition of cocoa. Nice subtle taste. Caraway seeds would have been nice.

August 17th, 2011

#14 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simple whole wheat-rye loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP molasses
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 cup bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour, minus 1 TBSP
1-1/2 TBSP 'vital gluten'
1/2 cup dark rye flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Omitted dry milk this time. Machine is set to Whole Wheat, Light. Came out good. A little harder to slice near the top. Later versions will have less wheat and more rye, a mistake.

August 14th, 2011

#13 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simple whole wheat-oat loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP molasses
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 TBSP dry milk, only included to use up.
1 cup bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour, minus 1 TBSP
1 TBSP 'vital gluten'
1/2 cup oat flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Whole Wheat, Medium. Good density and taste. Later versions will try less wheat and more oat, a mistake.

August 9th, 2011

#12 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simple whole wheat-quinoa loaf: * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP molasses
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 TBSP dry milk, only included to use up.
1 cup bread flour, minus 1-1/2 TBSP
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup quinoa flour
1-1/2 TBSP 'vital gluten'
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Machine is set to Whole Wheat, Medium. Maybe should be light. Denser. I like this density. Needs a little tuning. More bread flour, less whole wheat.

August 6th, 2011

#11 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simple whole wheat loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP molasses
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 TBSP dry milk, only included to use up.
1 cup bread flour
1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour, minus 1-1/2 TBSP
1-1/2 TBSP 'vital gluten'
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Fairly light for whole wheat, but easier to slice, especially with Paul's Japanese bread knife.

August 5th, 2011

#10 Dale's 1-1/4 lb Parmesan white loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP molasses
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 TBSP dry milk, only included to use up.
2-1/2 cup bread flour
1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Good. Nice texture and taste. Could use more parmesan and garlic. This is my last all bread flour loaf. It's time to move on to more interesting recipes.

August 3rd, 2011

#9 Dale's 1-1/4 lb even simpler white loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP molasses
2 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
2-1/2 cup bread flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

This experiment uses even fewer ingredients. I noticed during the last hour of baking that the yeast smell wasn't so overwhelming like it is with recipes that use more yeast. It is another good loaf.

July 30th, 2011

#8 Dale's 1-1/4 lb really simple white loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
1 TBSP molasses
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp vinegar
1 tsp salt
1 TBSP dry milk, I wonder if I need this.
2-1/2 cup bread flour
1 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

This experiment uses less of everything except water, flour, vinegar, and salt. Also, I set the machine to Light. This came out OK. It is easier and faster to measure than recipe number 7.

July 27th, 2011

#7 Dale's 1-1/4 lb simple white loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
2 TBSP molasses
1-1/2 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp vinegar
1 tsp salt
1-1/2 TBSP dry milk
2-1/2 cup bread flour
1-1/2 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Used 0.30 kWh of power, or about 3 cents worth of electricity.
This came out very nice. Even though it is white bread, it has a nice golden color because of the molasses.

July 24th, 2011

#6 Dale's 1-1/4 lb white, whole wheat loaf: * * * *

1 cup warm water
2 TBSP molasses
1-1/2 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp vinegar
1 tsp salt
1-1/2 TBSP dry milk
1 cup bread flour
1-1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1-1/2 TBSP 'vital gluten'
1-1/2 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

This recipe is modified from a bread-machine recipe that only uses whole wheat flour. My bread making is always an adventure, because I like to tinker. Ann can't stand to watch. She claims to strictly follow recipe directions. ;-) We'll see when she makes a loaf the old fashion way, maybe next week.
This is my best recipe yet. It is definitely a keeper. It rose nicely and was not heavy.

July 14th, 2011

#5 Dale's 1-1/2 lb white, whole wheat, quinoa loaf:

1-1/4 cup warm water
1 TBSP molasses
1-1/2 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
No lemon juice
1 tsp salt
1 TBSP dry milk
2-3/8 cup bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup quinoa flour
1 TBSP 'vital gluten'
2-1/2 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

It is raining. I'm tired of painting the truck bottom, so I made bread this afternoon. I cracked one of the plastic measuring spoons. I'm sure that will be a problem later. Then I dumped the first cup of flour into the bottom of the bread machine. I hope I got it cleaned out well enough. The vacuum cleaner and canned air helped.
The loaf fell very slightly, because of too much water and yeast.
It had a nice color and taste.

July 9th, 2011

#4 Dale's 1 lb white, multi-grain, quinoa loaf: :-(

7/8 cup water
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp lemon juice
2 TBSP molasses
1 tsp salt
1 TBSP dry milk
1 cup multi-grain cereal flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unground quinoa
1-1/4 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Today's adventure is a mixed flour test loaf, hopefully not too dense. This one is going to be interesting. I'm using-up some ingredients. The initial mix was too wet. I had to stop and add stuff 3 times. Don't do that. Alas, this was not a good one. For probably many reasons, it came out like a birdseed cake. Hope they enjoy it.

July 2nd, 2011

#3 Dale's 1 lb mostly white loaf:

7/8 cup warm water
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp lemon juice
2 TBSP molasses
1 tsp salt
1 TBSP dry milk
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 TBSP multi-grain cereal flour
1 TBSP 'vital gluten'
1 tsp unground quinoa
1-1/4 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Today's adventure is a white flour test loaf to see if I can make a less dense loaf. I still included multi-grain cereal and a bit of quinoa. I'm happy with the texture and taste of this loaf. Because of the molasses, olive oil and non-wheat grains, the color was very nice.
Because coffee this morning still has a slight quinoa aftertaste, I've been instructed that the coffee mill is no longer available for my bread projects.

June 25th, 2011

#2 Dale's 1-1/4 lb whole wheat-quinoa loaf:

1 cup water
1-1/2 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp lemon juice
2 TBSP molasses
1 tsp salt
1-1/2 TBSP dry milk
2 cups whole wheat flour
1-1/2 TBSP 'vital gluten'
1/2 cup quinoa, ground in a coffee mill
1-1/2 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar

Today's adventure includes quinoa and no white flour. I found the ingredients I wanted at Lakewinds Natural Foods. This loaf came out dense, even bricklike. The recipe needs work. Tastes OK.
Even though I thought I had cleaned the coffee mill really well, coffee the next morning had a quinoa aftertaste.

June 18th, 2011

#1 Dale's 1-1/2 lb oat-whole wheat loaf:

1 cup water
2 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
2 TBSP molasses
1 TBSP liquid condensed milk
1/2 cup oat bran
1-1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1-1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp salt
2-1/2 tsp bread machine yeast from a jar
I forgot to add vinegar or lemon juice.

'Making' bread has been on my list for several months. Yesterday, I went to Cub to find some quinoa (KEEN-WA) flour. Failing that, I bought a half cup of oat bran, 5 pounds regular whole wheat flour, and bread machine yeast in a jar. I didn't have a specific recipe in mind, but used the recipes I had as a guide. The loaf came out OK. It rose properly and was dense, but not heavy.

Too many ingredients?

Unlike large, commercial bakeries, some local bakeries list as few as 5 ingredients. Note that the recipes above contain no added cellulose fiber, polydextrose, cultured dextrose, calcium sulfate, stevia, ethoxylated monoglycerides or diglycerides, soy lecithin, calcium carbonate, monocalcium phosphate, or artificial flavorings. Compare to supermarket bread.