Molasses Sultana And Oatmeal Bread Abm Bread Machine Food

MY FAVORITE MOLASSES OATMEAL BREAD MACHINE BREAD

Steps:

• Add 1 cup water to measuring cup.
• Crack egg into water.
• Add additional lukewarm water to make 1 1/4 cup.
• Mix egg and water with fork and pour into bread machine pan.
• Add additional ingredients in order in recipe.
• Set bread machine settings to basic white setting with light crust.
• If dough appears too sticky, add a small amount of bread flour to pan. Keep adding until dough leaves side of pan.

MOLASSES, SULTANA AND OATMEAL BREAD (ABM / BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Weigh the main ingredients into the bread machine drum in the order listed.
• The ginger is optional and to taste (I love ginger so I'm a bit generous with it) but if leaving it out then it's probably best to leave the ground cloves out too.
• Into a small bowl weigh approx 100g sultanas and mix in a teaspoon of ground ginger to coat the sultanas well (if using ginger).
• Start machine on 'speciality' or 'raisin bread' cycle with normal crust setting.
• At about 5 minutes before the end of the second kneading or at the beep (if you trust your machine not to mash up the sultanas - mine is lethal to them so I ignore the beep and wait until only a few minutes remain of the second kneading) add the sultanas mixed together with the ground ginger.
• Measurements: I find blackstrap molasses is almost impossible to measure using a spoon as it's so incredibly thick and gooey and most of it stays on the spoon so I just pour it out of the jar - which can make for some rather hit and miss measurements. Taste-wise, I liked the strength of flavour best when I suceeded in pouring in 62g of molasses and used 103g of sultanas.
• Basically I think of this as cake without the all the fat and the calories :).
• Bakes a good-sized 1 1/2 Lb Loaf.
• Addition, tried December 2005 --
• I remebered that I had some crystallized ginger (a.k.a. candied ginger) in the cupboard and added 32g chopped up to about the size of the sultanas which I mixed with the fruit and ground ginger for adding at the beep. The quantity was probably a bit excessive and it does make the loaf a bit trickier to slice as ginger can be quite 'tough', but an idea to bear in mind if you have some in the cupboard and fancy it :).

SWEET MOLASSES OATMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Pour oats and water into a small saucepan and cook over medium high heat.
• Stir until the oats soften and the water is absorbed (about 5 minutes).
• Set aside to cool.
• Dissolve the yeast in the warm water in a large bowl and let sit for about 5 minutes.
• Add and mix molasses, salt oil eggs and cooled oatmeal.
• Gradually stir in the flour until the dough begins to form itself into a ball.
• Knead the dough on a floured surface for 5- 10 minutes or until it is smooth and elastic.
• Place the dough into an oiled bowl and let rise for 1 hour or until double its size.
• Punch down dough and divide it into loaves.
• Place loaves into two well greased loaf pans and let them rise again for 1 hour or until doubled.
• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Bake loaves for 30-35 minutes or until medium brown on top and on the sides.
• It is a good idea to be careful with this bread since it is delicate and can tear or stick if you try to remove it from the pans too soon.
• Enjoy!

OATMEAL MOLASSES BREAD (ABM BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Add ingredients according to your bread manufacturer's recommendations.
• Select the medium crust setting.

SWEET OATMEAL BREAD (ABM, BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Use the least amount of liquid listed in the recipe!
• Place all ingredients in bread pan, in the order recommended by your brand of machine.
• Select Basic/Standard and Light Crust settings; Press Start.
• Observe the dough as it kneads; After 5 to 10 minutes, if it appears dry and stiff or if your machine sounds as if it's straining to knead it, add more liquid 1 tablespoon at a time until the dough forms a smooth, soft, pliable ball that is slightly tacky to the touch.
• After baking, remove from pan and cool for one hour before slicing; great toasted!

MOLASSES OATMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Pour boiling water over oats and let stand about 1/2 hour.
• Sprinkle yeast and 1 tsp sugar into warm water. Let stand 10 minutes, then stir.
• Add molasses, sugar, salt and butter to the cooled oatmeal; blend well.
• Stir in dissolved yeast.
• Add enough flour to make a soft dough.
• Turn out on floured board and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
• Place in a greased bowl; turn to grease top.
• Cover with a clean towel and let rise in a warm place until double -- about 1 hour.
• Punch down and knead lightly for 2 minutes.
• Divide dough in half and shape into loaves. Place in greased pans.
• Cover and let rise until double.
• Bake at 400 degrees 45 -55 minutes.
• Note* If bread darkens too much for your liking while baking -- cover with a piece of tin foil -- shiny side up. This will help it from darkening any further.
• I don't do this -- as we like it dark.

HONEY AND MOLASSES OATMEAL BREAD (BREAD MACHINE!)

Steps:

• 1. Put oats in bread pan; pour boiling water over oats. When oats have cooled but are still a bit warm, add remaining ingredients in order as listed. Use yeast last; sprinkle over flour.
• 2. Use basic bread cycle; bake on a light setting.