Sunday, January 27, 2013

Bread Machine Recipe: Herb Bread

Meatless Monday #21 is Homemade Bread!
I borrowed a friend's bread machine this weekend to decide whether it's worth it to purchase one.  I usually just make bread in a bowl and bake it in the oven.  The only problem is it involves staying home for 4+ hours.

This was my first time using a bread machine and I'm impressed...This is not a review!  I'll share more about the machine later.  I decided to try an herb bread for the first run and we ate half the loaf with lunch and dinner.  Score! 

Herb Bread
adapted from allrecipes.com
originally Rosemary Bread

Ingredients


1 cup warm water (110 degrees F (43 degrees C))
3 tablespoons olive oil 
3 cups all-purpose flour, organic and unbleached
3 teaspoons Italian seasoning (dry spices)
3 tablespoons white sugar or stevia
1 1/2 teaspoons salt 
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast 

Directions:

Pour the water into the pan of a bread machine, then sprinkle in the yeast and sugar. Let the mixture sit in the bread machine until a creamy foam forms on top of the water, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle in the salt, then add olive oil, thyme, garlic powder, rosemary, and flour. Set the machine for light crust setting, and start the machine.

**My machine directions say to add "wet" ingredients first and then "flour" ingredients which is what I did and it turned our great!**  The house smells amazing!  Looking for more bread machine recipes now.
 

24 comments:

  1. My last bread machine recipe didn't raise right! I'll try this one. Thanks.

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    1. I'll be posting a review in a few days. I'd like to try a few more recipes. So far so good! Thanks Shirley!

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  3. That's a beautiful loaf of bread. I love using my bread machine, especially since I don't have to stay home and wait for it! I use mine to make pizza crust dough. Super easy and just the flavor we like. ~~ Mary @Howdoyoucook.com

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    1. Thanks Mary! I have a pizza dough recipe all ready but I wanted to eat up a few leftovers in the fridge before I made anything else. I just made grilled cheese with homemade bread to go with the homemade chicken noodle soup...YUM! The herb bread was fantastic for grilled cheese!!!

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  4. I have a bread machine..the kids LOVE to come home and smell the bread...I add all kinds of herbs to very the flavor..always yummy!

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  5. Love the smell and taste of fresh baked bread. Thank you for sharing with the Clever Chicks Blog Hop this week; I hope you’ll join us again!


    Cheers,
    Kathy Shea Mormino

    The Chicken Chick

    http://www.The-Chicken-Chick.com

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  6. Mmmm sounds yummy! I’m a new follower of your blog from the Monday Mingle Blog Hop! Would love if you could stop by mine. Thanks :0)

    The Three Whiskateers
    http://thethreewhiskateers.blogspot.com/

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  7. Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing this recipe. I saw it on the Blackberry Vine link-up.

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  8. Hi there! I can't wait to try this with spaghetti. I love to make bread, especially by hand. Here's my recipe: http://mishmashmama.blogspot.com/2013/01/my-bread-recipe-with-pictures.html

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  9. I used to use my bread maker all the time. Now I just use it for making dough! After several failed bread attempts in the machine, I just gave up. It does take a lot more time to make it by hand but I have so much better luck with it.

    Thanks for linking up with the Healthy Tuesday Blog Hop, hope to see you again soon!
    Kerry from Country living on a hill

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  10. I just started using my bread machine and loved it. I will have to give this recipe a try. Thanks for linking up with Tuesday Greens!

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  11. I've always somehow changed my mind every time I want to buy one or something comes up... I think hubby and I will have to talk about it! Looks yummy.

    Cinella @ The Mami Blog

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  12. Yummy! That combination of ingredients sounds great! Thanks for always joining in the hop at A Humble Bumble :)

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  13. Looks delicious! I have owned a bread machine for over 15 yrs and don't what I would do without one. They are so versatile. Thanks for sharing your recipe :0)

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  14. You know, I never really wanted a bread maker but I have so many friends telling me how great they are that I'm actually thinking about it! Looks yummy! Thanks for sharing this on The HomeAcre Hop!

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  15. My bread machine is fairly unreliable in that it isn't always motivated to work (ok, ok, so I just use my hands). :) This looks really good!

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  16. Going to have to dust off my machine to try this! Found on on Mom on timeout

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  17. my daughter gave us a bread machine her friend was no longer using. We haven't tried it yet. I LOVE BREAD!!!! My menopause middle can prove it giggle. Hugs and Thank you for sharing at the hop :-)

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  18. I bet it smells heavenly! Thank you for sharing on The Photo Friday Blog Hop- have a great weekend and we hope to see you again next weekend. Cheers!

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  19. This looks really good. Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday. Please stop back by today to vote.

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  20. When you do not have time or even when you do, the bread machine saves you. I am impressed what our bread machine produces. Thanks for sharing this with My Meatless Mondays.

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  21. MMmM - this sounds fantastic! Thanks for linking up at Romance on a dime!

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