How to Make Homemade Bread
How to Make Bread Questions
How to make bread in a bread maker?
My mom and I are attempting to make bread in our bread maker for the first time. We purchased bread mix, and on the box the directions read “As an alternative, a bread machine may also be used with this recipe. Select the basic program (appoximately 3.5 hours). Our question is: Do we use the ingredients that is on the bread mix box? Or do we use the bread mix with the ingredients from the bread maker recipe book that came with the machine? Thanks!
I would say use the ingredients on the box, so it’s consistent.
Or, use a recipe from elsewhere (many web sites have them), just make sure you’re accurate with the measurements as bread is very sensitive to the portions.
If you like the bread, try baking it straight from flour and yeast without a mix. There’s a huge benefit of home-made bread in that it contains no preservatives or extra sodium like store bread. I’m not sure what they put in the mix but it is again a manufactured product with possibly harmful chemicals. Your bread maker can make great stuff just from flour, water, yeast and sugar, and you can tweak it by using whole-wheat flour to make it even healthier.
