Bread machine soft bread

 

Bread machine

Model: Oster 5814

Ingredients

Add in the order listed

(Medium loaf is a little more than half the machine's capacity.)

Ingredient	Medium loaf	Full loaf
Soy milk	70g	110g
Water	130g	200g
Butter	19g	28g
Salt	1/2 tsp	3/4 tsp
Bread flour	275g	412g
Sugar	25g	37g
Active dry yeast	1 tsp	1.5 tsp (3g)

Steps

1. In a bowl, mix together the liquid ingredients (milk and water) and butter. Microwave the mix until the butter is ~90% melted.
2. Add salt and mix well. Transfer the mixture into the bread pan
3. Add flour to the mix, distributing evenly
4. Distribute sugar evenly on top
5. Distribute active dry yeast evenly on top
6. Select mode 1 (regular white bread) and start. It should take 2hr 45mins
7. When there is 25 minutes left, open the lid to reduce the temperature of the machine, and then close it back
8. When there is 15 minutes left, stop the machine and take the bread pan out, placing it upside down on a rack to cool for 15 minutes
9. Once it has cooled, slice the bread with a bread knife

Comments

• This recipe makes a soft bread, similar to "shokupan" or milk bread. (Unlike the recipe in the manual which is hard like a baguette)