Easy Bread Machine Baking: More than 100 new recipes for sweet and savoury loaves and shaped breads - Softcover

Holmes, Shirley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1552094936 ISBN 13: 9781552094938

Publisher: Firefly Books, 2003

Synopsis

When you make your own bread, you can also make healthy choices by controlling fats, salt, sugar, and adding grains and nutritious fruits to the dough. You can also shape the dough into rolls, buns, braided or round loaves.

This collection of 100 simple and enticing bread machine recipes offers a delectable array of breads, from classic white loaves to healthy flax bread to elegant, special-occasion Pannetone and everything in between.

With a few simple steps, and the push of a button, you can fill your house with the glorious aromas of:

East Coast Brown Bread
Hovis Bread
Ancient Grain, Seed, and Fruit Loaf
Challah
Pane Alle Oliva
Blueberry Swirl Sour-cream Bread
Pizzas and flatbreads

Along with the recipes, Holmes provides practical tips, information on ingredients, techniques, and problem-solving answers to assist you in your quest for perfect bread.

About this title

About the Author

Shirley Ann Holmes is a professional home economist, food stylist and consumer consultant. She developed bread recipes for 5 years with a major bread machine manufacturer and for 10 years with a major yeast manufacturer.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

From the "Savory Herb, Seed and Vegetable Breads" chapter of Easy Bread Machine Baking

Savory Sweet Potato Bread

My good friend and home economist Joyce George told me that one of her favorite recipes for dinner rolls included sweet potatoes and a hint of nutmeg. This bread is an adaptation of her recipe and the clover leaf rolls are terrific with ham or turkey or for potluck dinners. With its subtle sweetness, hint of spice and glorious color, this bread is wonderful for ham and onions or spicy crab sandwiches. Canned sweet potatoes or yams are more convenient and you can use the reserved liquid to add extra flavor.

TIPS
Leftover sweet potatoes can be mixed with mashed potatoes for a superb colorful vegetable side dish or frozen for later use. Substitute fresh cooked, mashed sweet potatoes and their cooking water for the canned sweet potatoes and reserved liquid. Add a little more sugar if desired. For a lighter texture, substitute 1 large egg for 1/4 cup of the reserved liquid.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup [extra large: 1 1/3 cups] mashed, canned sweet potatoes or yams (drained, reserve liquid)
1/2 cup [extra large: 3/4 cup] reserved liquid from sweet potatoes or yams
2 tbsp [extra large: 3 tbsp] vegetable oil, margarine or butter
3/4 tsp [extra large: 1 tsp] salt
1 tbsp [extra large: 2 tbsp] sugar
3 cups [extra large: 4 cups] white flour(*)
1/4 tsp [extra large: 1/2 tsp] pepper, nutmeg or dried chili peppers
1 1/4 tsp [extra large: 1 1/2 tsp] bread-machine or instant yeast

(* In Canada use all-purpose or bread flour; in the United States use bread flour)

1. Add all ingredients to machine according to manufacturer's directions. Select basic white cycle. VARIATION: Clover Leaf Rolls Select dough cycle. When cycle is complete, remove dough to lightly floured surface, cover, and let rest for 5 to 10 minutes. Cut dough into 12 or 16 pieces; shape each into a smooth ball and place in greased muffin tins. Cover with clean tea towel and let rise in warm place for about 30 minutes or until double in size. Bake at 375 deg F for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove rolls from pans and serve warm or leave to cool on racks.

Edition details

• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1552094936
• ISBN 13: 9781552094938
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160