Bread Ingredient Help

[Harley Seashell Princess]

I've got a brand new bread machine I was dying to try tonight...At the grocery store got yeast and bread flour...Got home and the recipe calls for "milk powder" which I don't have...It only calls for a teaspoon...Is there a way I can fudge? Any substitutions that would be suitable??? TIA -HP

[Donna M.]

You can just leave it out if you want. A teaspoon is such a small amount that I wonder why they even included it. Dry milk is very handy to have if you bake a lot of bread.

Congratulations on your new bread machine! What kind did you get? I always use mine to make dough but I prefer to bake my bread in the oven. Be sure to come over to the Breads and Baking Forum to join in all the bread-baking fun.

[Heather Sullivan]

You could use a few spoonfuls of milk to make up for it, while decreasing the liquid slightly.

[ThatBobbieGirl]

Milk produces a softer smoother bread texture and a darker crust than water does. It won't really hurt to leave it out if you don't have any, but it might alter the results slightly.

[chia]

there are plenty of bread machine recipes that don't use the dry milk powder- here's my bread machine cookbook
http://www.recipezaar.com/mycookbook/book/35996/

[Harley Seashell Princess]

Thank you all for your responses...The Sunbeam bread machine I have I just recieved as a bridal shower gift/wedding present. I'm a complete novice when it comes to baking bread. I surprised myself by setting the whole thing myself last night about midnight. Shhhhhh...don't tell anyone but I ran to another recipe sight and found a non-milk bread machine recipe which had hundreds of excellent ratings. I used said recipe and it produced a great loaf of bread. I was so excited! Imagine that...so much excitement over my bread machine...Does anyone know if Sunbeam is a decent bread machine? BTW, I will be visiting the bread making forum for I can't wait to try other recipes! *Hugs* -HP

[Leominster Lee]

One of my bread machines is a Sunbeam. It is a very decent machine, though I prefer my Breadman ultimate. We have a big family and sometimes do batch cooking so it is not uncommon for me to be making dough for rolls in the Sunbeam and a loaf of bread or pizza dough in the bread man. I make a loaf of bread almost every night. We are way spoiled and not one of us, including the baby (grin) like storebought bread now!
Lee