| From an everyday bread machine user . . .
I make all our bread at home using my Zojirushi Breadmaker. I've been doing it for about 8 years now. I haven't bought a loaf of bread in -- well, can't remember when it was!
Here's a basic recipe that works everytime, and I use it virtually every day. It's just a basic white sandwich bread:
BASIC BREAD
1 liquid measuring cup full to the brim of milk
2 eggs
2-3 tablespoons of butter or margarine, needs to be in stick
form, cut into tiny pieces
pinch of salt
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup instant mashed potatoes
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons of yeast
Put the ingredients into the pan in the order listed. When you get to the yeast, make a little well in the center of your flour and put it there.
Can also use water instead of milk. When I do this, I usually add in 1/4 cup dried milk powder.
The machine should be on a basic white setting.
You can experiment with this -- add a little more salt if your bread rises and falls, or omit the salt if it doesn't rise enough. This isn't an exact science, and every breadmaker is different. I can tell you that the sweeter you make the bread, the more it will rise, because the yeast likes the sugar. Thus adding the salt, to control the rising.
I have a ton of recipes, but I generally stick to just this one. Once in awhile I use one that has oatmeal in it, just for variety. But since we just use our bread for toast and pb&j, this works great.
Enjoy!
Jen Wesner
Mission Viejo, CA
Mom of 5 girls, ages 6-11
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