Best Bread Machine Recipes: For 1-1/2 and 2 Pound Loaves

By: Better Homes and Gardens

Book Overview

Features 80 recipes in 1 1/2 and 2-pound loaves. Every recipe tested in machines from a variety of manufacturers. Directions for converting conventional bread recipes into bread machine recipes are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069620682X
• ISBN13: 9780696206825
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Better Homes and Gardens Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Great Breads everytime!

I just purchased this book a month ago. I have already made over 10 differnt loaves of bread from this book and they have turned out excellent. Everyone of them have been a big hit with my family and friends. Every loaf rose beautifully. The flavor and texture of every loaf has been marvelous. I have made 3 differnt cheese breads and those loaves rose quite tall. Many times cheese breads made in the bread machine do not rise nice and tall. This is also a great book for a beginner. The recipes are very easy to read and straight forward. But a word of caution to everyone who uses a bread machine: You do not try a recipe for the first time and put all the ingredients in without checking the look of the dough as your machine is kneading. Climate conditions and altitude all affect the combination of the liquid and dry ingredient ratio. So always check the first time or two you make a recipe and adjust accordingly.

If you get a bread machine, be sure to get this, too!

The recipes that come with the typical bread machine are always useful, the tried and true Old Reliables that everyone needs to get started. When you are ready to break out and try something really fun, however, this is the book you'll want! The Bread Machine Primer at the beginning answers every question you could possibly have about machines and ingredients, explains the chemical interrelationships between salt, sugar, yeast, and flour, and, best of all, even tells you how to adapt your grandmother's non-bread-machine recipes and other family favorites for use with the bread machine. Even the "Plain" Breads in this book are much more imaginative and interesting than average--Beer Bread, Potato Bread, and Cheese Bread are not exactly "white bread." The Whole Grain Breads are fantastic, with the Wild Rice Bread and Yogurt Corn Bread among our special favorites. Savory Breads feature Welsh Rarebit Bread, Prosciutto Loaf, and a really toothsome Olive Bread. Holiday Eggnog Bread, Rum Raisin Loaf, Peaches and Cream Loaf, and Welsh Currant Bread are just a few of the Sweet Breads to keep you constantly tempted. And the flatbreads, such as Rosemary-Fig Foccacia and Jalapeno-Cheddar Rounds, show the variety of possibilities open to you. This is an imaginative and useful accompaniment to any bread machine, the best of the several bread machine cookbooks I've tried. My one recommendation is to pay attention to the amount of yeast you use. This book uses significantly less yeast than most other books, and I've found I need to add 1/4 t. more yeast to the recipes I've tried. Mary Whipple

This is a keeper

I bought this book along with my new breadmaker. I threw away the recipe booklet that actually came with my machine and rely solely on this one. Not only does it have pictures with what things have the potential to look like but it also talks a bit about the process. That is, the proper mixing of ingredients and why you want to do then this way, what the dough looks like when mixing and how you might "fix" the dough if it appears too dry or too wet. I share this book with all my friends and family who are embarking on the bread machine world. A must have for your collection!

Easy to follow directions with a variety of breads.

This is the type of book you go back to over and over to learn how to use your Bread Machine. It has a variety of breads for everyones tastes. The hints and information pages with pictures is as easy as having someone there teaching you. A good book for beginners and experienced users.