Hazel's Recipe Files: Bread, Rolls, Biscuits, Waffles

English Muffin Bread

"This is a really good, easy way to get that English Muffin taste and texture. Great bread to have set on the timer for a hot breakfast bread. In order to have the proper texture, there will be a sunken top to this bread."

                    Small             Medium           Large

water               2/3 cup + 1 TB    1 cup + 1.5 TB   1 1/4 cups

sugar               1 tsp.            1 1/4 tsp.       2 tsp.
salt                1/2 tsp.          2/3 tsp.         1 tsp.
baking soda         dash              1/8 tsp.         1/4 tsp.
bread flour         1 1/2 cups        2 cups           3 cups
nonfat dry milk     1 1/2 TB          2 TB             3 TB
yeast               1 tsp             1 1/2 tsp        2 tsp

[The Bread Machine Cookbook, by Donna Rathmell German, Bristol Publishing Enterprises, San Leandro CA, 1991, ISBN 1-55867-025-4; pg. 28.]

Peasant Bread

"This recipe is based on one given to me by Carmen, a friend and neighbor. It's a very moist, chewy bread with a light, crispy crust. Absolutely wonderful with butter or cheese. It is somewhat similar to an English Muffin loaf but more moist."

                    Small             Medium           Large

water               3/4 cup           1 cup            1 1/2 cups

sugar               1 tsp             1 1/4 tsp        2 tsp
salt                3/4 tsp           1 tsp            1 1/2 tsp
bread flour         1 1/2 cups        2 cups           3 cups
yeast               1 tsp             1 1/2 tsp        2 tsp

[The Bread Machine Cookbook, by Donna Rathmell German, Bristol Publishing Enterprises, San Leandro CA, 1991, ISBN 1-55867-025-4; pg. 29.]

She's not kidding, either. It's the moistest bread I've made in a bread machine, not counting loaves that didn't turn out right. Also, we've noticed that if you don't let it sit for a while after it's finished, it tends to gum up the works a bit and the machine's detachable blade doesn't detach with the loaf. This results in the blade tearing a hole in the bottom, bigger than if you'd just sliced the bottom off of the loaf and removed the blade. So let it sit ten minutes, okay?

Our Artoo-Breadtoo unit died about a year ago, so we've been freshbreadless for a while. Then, in January 1999 we received a new 2-lb. Oster breadbot from my family, and I've been making the 1-lb. Peasant Bread for my lovely wife and stepdaughter to enjoy in the morning. I've become a believer in the 1-lb. loaf, despite the increased capacity of the machine, because it's about the right size for one morning's worth of bread. These are the first recipes I've typed in this year, after a dry spell of about 2-3 years for this part of my website.

February 1999

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