Application Guide
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- America’s New Bread Box
- Orientation
- Batterie de Cuisine: Know Your Bread Machine
- Making Bread
- Daily Breads: White Breads and Egg Breads
- White Breads
- Egg Breads
- One-Pound Loaves
- Pasta Doughs from Your Bread Machine
- Earth’s Bounty: Whole Wheat, Whole-Grain, and Specialty Flour Breads
- Whole Wheat Breads
- Rye Breads
- Specialty Flour Breads
- Multigrain Breads
- Gluten-Free Breads
- Traditional Loaves: Country Breads and Sourdough Breads
- Country Breads
- Sourdough Breads
- All Kinds of Flavors: Breads Made with the Produce of the Garden, Orchard, and Creamery
- Herb, Nut, Seed, and Spice Breads
- Savory Vegetable and Fruit Breads
- Cheese Breads
- Mixes and Some Special Breads Created from Them
- Stuffing Breads
- Circle, Squares, and Crescents: Pizzas and Other Flatbreads
- Sweet Loaves: Chocolate, Fruit, and Other Sweet Breads
- Breakfast Breads
- Coffee Cakes and Sweet Rolls
- Chocolate Breads
- Holiday Breads
- Express Lane Bread: No-Yeast Quick Breads
- Jams, Preserves, and Chutneys in Your Bread Machine
- Appendix 1 Bits and Pieces: Crumbs, Croutons, Crostini, and Toasted Appetizers
- Appendix 2 To Eat with Your Bread: Spreads, Butters, Cheeses, and Vegetables
- Appendix 3 Resources
- General Index
- Recipe Index
1
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4
cup orange juice
One 2-inch piece cinnamon stick
2 whole cloves
Pinch of ground mastika or allspice
1
1
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8
cups plus 1 tablespoon evaporated milk
2 teaspoons orange-flower water
1
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4
cup honey
4 cups bread flour
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon gluten
2 teaspoons salt
2
1
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2
teaspoons SAF yeast or 1 tablespoon bread machine
yeast
Place the currants in a small bowl. Add the orange juice, cinnamon stick, cloves, and
cinnamon stick, cloves, and mastika or allspice. Toss to combine. Cover and let
stand at room temperature for 1 hour. The currants will be soft and plump. Re-
move and discard the cinnamon stick and cloves.
Drain and reserve any extra orange juice from the currants. Add to the juice enough
water to equal 2 tablespoons if you are making the 1
1
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2
-pound loaf or 3 table-
spoons if you are making the 2-pound loaf.
Place the ingredients, except the currants, in the pan according to the order in the
manufacturer’s instructions, adding the juice and water mixture with the liquid in-
gredients. Set crust on medium and program for the Sweet Bread or Fruit and Nut
cycle; press Start. (This recipe is not suitable for use with the Delay Timer.) When
the machine beeps, or between Knead 1 and Knead 2, add the currants.
When the baking cycle ends, immediately remove the bread from the pan and place it
on a rack. Let cool to room temperature before slicing.
Bread Machine Baker’s Hint: Yeast and the Dark
Sweet Spices
Spices are considered condiments, cherished for their flavor rather than their
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