Foolproof Bread Machine Recipe: Portuguese White Bread
POSTED BY Amy at 7:00 AM
I am still the biggest fan of my
bread machine. I do realize that they aren't for everyone. Some people love to knead dough and use their stand mixer to do the heavy duty mixing or even to do the process by hand. Not me! The bread machine is the way to go at this stage in my life and it is worth every inch of space that it takes up, residing on the top of the refrigerator.
We haven't given up buying sandwich bread, but the bread machine is essential to me for easy entertaining and for our weekly
pizza night traditions. It has saved me many a trip to the store for
hamburger buns. For the holidays, I love to crank out a batch of
fancy rolls with a little spread or dip. For the ultimate in special Saturday morning traditions, a little indulgence in
monkey bread or
fancy cinnamon rolls is a special family treat. Making these treats myself, I am assured that I am giving my kids those fun food memories, but am controlling the quality of the ingredients that are going into them.
This bread recipe is a no-fail bread machine recipe that I have used for years. The ingredients are so simple and it makes the perfect loaf of bread every single time.
Portuguese White Bread1 cup water
3 tablespoons margarine
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups white flour
1 1/2 teaspoons bread machine yeast
Add all ingredients in order listed into your bread machine. Choose the"basic" cycle and wait for the perfect loaf of white bread to appear! Yes, it is that simple!
Do you have a bread machine? What is your favorite recipe to make with this appliance?
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8Comments:
"Hi, Amy! I'm still learning how to use my bread machine and I have a question - what temperature is your water for this recipe? It looks yummy and my son keeps asking when I'm going to make more bread so I think I'll try this one out!
Thanks!"
Jen
"I've been experimenting with using a breadmaker (my sister-in-law gave me hers), but I haven't used it for a while. Right now it's in my laundry room, but I love the idea of putting it on top of the fridge. How easy! Why didn't I think of that--it's its new home. I love to use it for pizza crust. I'm still struggling to use it with the whole wheat flours--I'll keep trying. I think I stopped using because too much bread in our house is not a good thing--my kids would eat nothing else. But for the occasional treat, it's great. Thanks for all of your posts--loving them."
Amy
"Dawn- If you are still learning, be sure to click on the words "bread machine" that are highlighted. I think that is the best tutorial I can offer on the subject and how to use your machine.
As for the water, you want it warm, but not hot. If it is too hot it will kill the yeast and your bread won't rise. I just run my tap until it gets to warm and add that into the bread machine. I keep my yeast in the fridge for storage so I sometimes get it warmer than I would if my yeast was at room temperature and that seems to work perfectly. I hope that helps.
Also, I found they have whole wheat white flour in the baking supplies. I started substituting my white flour with this and it works great in bread and for waffles too. It is a great way to warm up to the wheat texture and still get in some whole grains. I will share some wheat bread recipes too in the future.
Jen- I am so glad you found a storage solution that will work. We don't do a lot of bread, like you it is reserved for special occasions, but I do use the bread machine weekly for our pizza night. Having it on the fridge is a lot easier than trying to lug it in from another room.
Thanks so much for your comments!"
Katie @ goodLife {eats}
"I love these
buttery dinner rolls, they are so tender and buttery. I've adapted lots of recipes for use in the bread machine, but I found that I liked the stand mixer better because I don't ever actually bake the bread in the machine. I still use it for certain recipes though."
"I have renamed my bread machine to the "Dough Machine" because while I don't bake bread in it, I use it to make lots of dough...pizza crust, cinnamon rolls, hamburger buns, and sometimes bread dough to bake on my pizza stone. *Long live the Dough Machine!*"
Tina
"I do not own a bread machine unfortunatley, but when I visit my parent's home...we always use their's, and make a different bread everytime for sure !! I love modern technology !!"
Hoosier Homemade
"I bought a jar of bread machine yeast last wk for the first time instead of the little packets. It was much cheaper that way. Looking forward to trying this recipe.
Thanks for sharing!
~Liz"
Brenda
"It sounds great. I don't have a bread machine! Wish I did.
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I am still the biggest fan of my bread machine. I do realize that they aren't for everyone. Some people love to knead dough and use their stand mixer to do the heavy duty mixing or even to do the process by hand. Not me! The bread machine is the way to go at this stage in my life and it is worth every inch of space that it takes up, residing on the top of the refrigerator.
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