Old Fashion Molasses Bread
Description
This old-fashioned molasses bread recipe prepares the yeast dough in the bread machine. All you need to do is bake it until golden brown and delicious.
Ingredients
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1 5/8 cups water
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4 cups bread flour
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2 tablespoons butter
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2 tablespoons dry milk powder
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1/3 cup molasses
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1 tablespoon active dry yeast
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2 teaspoons salt
Directions
1
Place ingredients in the bread machine pan in the order suggested by the manufacturer. Select Dough or White Bread setting, and then Start.
2
If the dough does not form a ball on the paddle, add 1 tablespoon of flour at a time until the ball forms. Allow machine to complete selected cycle.
3
To bake conventionally, grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan. Remove dough from the bread machine pan after the Dough cycle has been completed. Shape into a loaf, and place in the prepared pan. Let rise until doubled.
4
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
5
Bake in preheated oven until top is golden brown, about 40 minutes. Carefully tip loaf out of pan onto a work surface and gently tap bottom of loaf. If it sounds hollow, bread is done.