Let’s Bake Bread, Before You Begin, Measuring

2 Tbsp. sugar

1 Tbsp. non-fat dry milk powder

1 Attach the kneading blade in the bread pan.

2 Place ingredients into the bread pan in the following order: water, butter or margarine, sugar, milk powder, salt and flour.

3 With finger, make a small indentation

on one side of the flour. Add yeast to indentation, making sure it does not come into contact with the liquid ingredients.

2-1/2 tsp. bread machine yeast

1 Tbsp. butter or margarine, softened

3 cups bread flour

1 cup + 2 Tbsp. water (75°–85°F or 24°–30°C)

1-1/2 tsp. salt

Carefully insert bread pan into breadmaker and gently close the lid. Plug the power cord into a wall outlet.

The SECOND most important secret of making bread:

Add ingredients into the bread pan in the exact order given in the recipe. This means:

— FIRST, liquid ingredients

— SECOND, dry ingredients

— LAST, yeast

Also, make sure ingredients are at room temperature, unless otherwise noted (that is, between 75°– 85°F or 24°– 30°C). Temperatures too cool or too high can affect the way the bread rises and bakes.

Last, it’s a good idea to start with fresh ingredients (especially fresh flour and yeast).

Now, let’s try a simple (but really good) recipe.

Homestyle White Bread

1.5-Pound Loaf

Let’s Bake Bread

The simplest way to learn how to bake bread is to follow a basic recipe. The following recipe is easy and the bread is delicious.

Before You Begin:

• Be sure to start with fresh ingredients.

• Be sure to have the following measuring equipment:

— Liquid measuring cup

— Dry measuring cups

— Measuring spoons

•You will need the following ingredients:

— Water

— Salt

— Butter/Margarine

Bread flour is specifically formulated and is preferred for electric bread machines.

— “Non-fat dry milk powder”

—Sugar

—Active, bread machine yeast

Measuring

The most important secret of making bread: “Exact measurements”. That’s the key to successfully baking bread. “Exact measurements”. With wet ingredients, use ONLY measuring cups with the cups/ounces marked clearly on the side. After filling the measuring cup, place it on a flat surface and view it at eye level to make sure the amount of liquid is exact. Then, double check. With dry ingredients, use a spoon to place

ingredients into the measuring cup then “level off” the measurement with the back of a knife or

spatula to make sure the measurement is exact. Another helpful tip is to never use the cup

to scoop the ingredients (for example, flour). By scooping, you could add up to one Tbsp. of extra ingredients. Fill the measuring cup

with a spoon before leveling off.