the honorary swedish citizen |
my name is jenah. i love: food, my kids, cooking, reading, writing. i am: a student of jesus, mom, wife to a pastor, humanitarian. |
I just got back from my massive Twin Cities/Montana/Portland/Montana/Twin Cities trip. I high fived Craig and he took off this morning for Seattle. This was the first time he was not really excited to go, and I was not envious of the rainy/cold weather he is headed toward.
I got to spend an amazing week with my sister and her family. I also had the privilege to accompany her to the Little Winter sale in Portland, OR. It was totally crazy, but so super fun.
While I was out there with her, we got to talking about blogs, and I realized I just don’t do enough blogging about one of my most favorite things. Like food. And bread. Or food and bread. Anyway, I thought I would share my easiest bread machine recipe.
What’s that? You don’t HAVE A BREAD MACHINE?! Head down to your nearest thrift store. I just stopped by my favorite Saver’s and not only did I score a pair of Ecco boots for Vienne for $4.99, I saw about 6 bread machines. I had to resist buying another. By the way, the more beat up it is, the better. That means it has made MANY loaves for a happy baker. If it looks super clean and never used… Well, let’s just use the “never trust a skinny cook” metaphor. You get the idea.
Jenah’s Easy Bread Recipe
1 cup warm water
2 tablespoons sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons yeast
1.5 cups bread flour
1.5 cups whole wheat, white wheat, or oat flour
1/4 cup oil
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
Place the water, yeast, and sugar in the pan of your bread maker and put it somewhere warm. (I set mine on the radiator in the winter or turn up the oven and set the pan over the vent of the oven. Just be careful with that last suggestion, if its too hot, the high temps kill the yeast.) Let the yeast sit there and foam for about 10 minutes.
Add the rest of your ingredients to the pan and put it in your bread machine. Set for regular.
Let it cool a bit and serve with butter, honey, or jam. Or all three if you’re one of my kids.
Enjoy!
(On a side note, you can use all bread flour if you want, but please note that this loaf bakes up reeeeeally fluffy if you do.)
