I love fresh bread. But I don't have the time or patience to do it by hand. Last December, I got a bread machine on Amazon.com for an amazing price! I knew exactly what bread recipe I wanted to make first. Growing up my mom would have a maple buttermilk bread mix for the bread machine. It was the best! All us kids would devour it. I found a couple of recipes and tried them out but they used real buttermilk or powered which got expensive. With some help from my mom (who always comes to my rescue), I was able to tweak it. Remember, the ingredients need to be added in this order. This make a 1 1/2 lb loaf. I bake on normal settling, light.
1 1/8c. luke warm milk
1T Vinegar
3-4T pure maple syrup
1T vegetable oil or melted butter (I've used grape-seed oil and olive oil before too)
1 tsp salt (maybe add 1/4tsp if needed)
3 c. bread flour
1T gluten
2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
The Vinegar will cause the milk to curdle and give the buttermilk effect. Now I need to find a whole wheat bread recipe to tweak.
