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millie's easy white/wheat bread (bread machine)

(2 ratings)
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Recipe by
Millie Johnson
@BISCUITMAKR
Valley Head, AL

This has become my family's favorite bread recipe. My bread machine was messing up and burning everything, except on the one hour setting. This was a challenge as most wheat breads must be kneaded and risen longer than your normal white bread that uses the one hour setting. This was what I came up with and we love it. I like the combination of molasses and cocoa in this recipe. I hope you will, too !

(2 ratings)
prep time 5 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Bread Machine

Ingredients For millie's easy white/wheat bread (bread machine)

  • 2 1/2 c
    unbleached white bread flour
  • 1/2 c
    unbleached wheat flour
  • 1 - 1 1/2 c
    warm water (115-120 degrees) , plus 2 tablespoons
  • 1 tsp
    cocoa powder
  • 1 Tbsp
    sugar
  • 1 Tbsp
    molasses
  • 1 tsp
    sea salt
  • 1 - 1 1/2 Tbsp
    active dry yeast * i use fleischman's bread machine yeast, or rapid rise yeast.
  • 2 Tbsp
    melted butter

How To Make millie's easy white/wheat bread (bread machine)

  • 1
    Pour white flour into a large bowl, then scoop flour with a big spoon into the measuring cup (so flour will not be compressed) and level out flour by running the flat side of a knife across the top of the measuring cup. Put measured flour into a slightly smaller bowl.
  • 2
    Now add the salt, sugar and cocoa to flour and stir to combine. Do NOT add yeast yet.
  • 3
    In small pot, melt butter then add the water to the pot and heat to 120 *F.
  • 4
    Add molasses to pot and stir to mix it into water. Now pour this into the bread machine reservoir.
  • 5
    Spoon flour mix into reservoir then use spoon to make a shallow hole in the middle. Do not go through to liquid. Pour the yeast into this hole. Put into bread machine and run it on the one hour bread cycle.(#5 setting on mine)
  • 6
    * You may need to add a tad more water if mix is too dry. Just add a teaspoon at a time and scrap the sides down with rubber spatula.
  • 7
    When bread machine is finished, turn loaf out cool on a rack. Do not wrap or bag till it is cooled completely.
  • 8
    Sometimes I also add 1/4 tsp. garlic powder and onion powder to the dry ingredients. Very good for sandwiches !
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