Feather Bread (Bread Maker - for Bread - Rolls - and Buns.)

Submitted by Gerry

"Love baking bread and rolls. When wrists began to make kneading difficult I got a bread maker - my hand made recipe#146085 now only made for those special occasions when family gather. This recipe goes back to my first bread maker and is the one I turn to when needing fresh bread or rolls with the taste of old fashioned bread ... in my bread maker perfect bread every time which is a real plus when expecting guests. Great on the dough cycle for rolls and those recipes calling for frozen bread dough - especially for the pull apart breads. Just the right amount of dough to fill a bundt pan when making Manda's awesome Monkey Bread recipe#17248. Do check your bread maker recipe book to assure it can make a dough using four cups of flour."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 5mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups lukewarm water
• 3 tablespoons margarine
• 2 teaspoons salt (I use one teaspoon)
• 2 tablespoons sugar (I use 1tablespoon for bread and dinner buns - 2 - 3 tablespoons for the sweet roll.)
• 4 cups flour (I whisk the flour before measuring)
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons bread machine yeast (I use Fleishmans bread maker yeast. Keep jar in fridge when not using, take out five minutes before )

directions

1. Be sure to whisk that flour before measuring - I soften the margarine in the micro wave.
2. Place ingredients in order listed with the flour and yeast going in last.
3. Choose your cycle.During the first mixing check to assure your dough has the right amount of flour and water - dough should look nice and shiny.Flours differ so you may need to add lukewarm water a teaspoon at a time if it is too dry- a sprinkling of flour if too sticky. Never add more then 3 tablespoons of either the flour or the water. In my breadmaker the whisked flour and the carefully measured ingredients are right on. Makes a large loaf.
4. FOR DOUGH use dough cycle - when cycle complete shape into bread, buns or rolls. I often make braided loaves topping with sesame seeds.
5. Brush tops with softened butter or margarine.Rise 20 to 30 minutes or until double in size.
6. Bake in a 350 oven until nicely golden brown brushing with softened butter or margarine just before they are done - I brush them again when I take them out - makes for nice tops.
7. Time varies - check your machine. Cooking time is machine and baking time.

Reviews

[Baby Kato]

Gerry my friend, I love this recipe. The rolls are wonderful they are so flavorful, light, crispy and tender. They taste so good, I can't believe that I made them. I usually have problems with bread or rolls, but not this time. Your recipe was perfect, the bread turned out beautifully. Thank you so much for sharing a recipe that is going into my keeper box. :)

 

[Dotty2]

Made this recipe into rolls to be served with soup. Perfect combination, these homemade rolls with homemade soup. It was the first time I used the dough cycle on my breadmaker but certainly not the last. So very easy to put together. The dough had a wonderful texture and after being baked I had the fluffiest, tender beautiful rolls. This recipe will be repeated many times over. Thanks Gerry!

 

[Cilantro in Canada]

My family loved these. I used only 1 tsp of salt as suggested and they were perfect for saltiness. My family likes a sweeter bun so next time I will increase the sugar for our tastes but that is our personal preference. I got 12 large buns from this and they stayed fresh into the next day. Thanks for a great recipe.

 

[Chef1MOM-Connie]

Excellent bread! DS wanted momkey bread and his g/f never had it before- SHOCKER! So off I went to zaar to find a recipe using fresh dough not frozen. This is perfect! I used your suggestion of extra sugar and what a difference it made. Lovely. I think I will make some cinnamin rolls with this as well. Gerry this is a definite keeper! I made the monkey bread in 2 9" round pans and layered balls on bottom and 1 row of balls on top. (as opposed to a bundt pan) they came out great and the kids could take some to work from the 2nd batch.

 

[danakscully64]

I had a mishap with my bread maker and it wouldn't turn on once I added all of the ingredients. I ended up hand mixing everything and was afraid it wasn't going to turn out. Luckily, the dough did rise and the rolls came out great! I used extra sugar to make them sweeter, but I honestly didn't taste it, so next time I won't do that. I also used Smart Balance Light (only 50 calories per TBL, 1st ingredient is water, it doesn't melt that well) and it worked fine. I will absolutely be making this again once my KitchenAid stand mixer arrives! Thanks for sharing.