Bacon Bread - Abm

OMG I can't get enough of this bread, neither can anyone esle. I usually start a second loaf as soon as the first one comes out, so there might be some left the next day. From the book Electric Bread 2nd Ed. Makes a 1.5 pound loaf.

• Ready In: 3 hrs 20 mins
• Yields: 1 loaf

Ingredients

• 1  cup water
• 2  tablespoons butter
• 2⁄3 cup  cooked bacon
• 2 1⁄2 cups white bread flour
• 1⁄2 cup whole wheat flour
• 2  tablespoons sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
• 3⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 3⁄4 teaspoon dried basil
• 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 2 1⁄2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Directions

1. Cook the bacon first, save the fat, crumble, and then re mix with the fat before you measure it.
2. Add ingredients in the order suggested by the bread machine manufacturer, use white, rapid, or delay bake cycles.