Food Network Kitchen’s Bread Machine Basic White Loaf as seen on Food Network.
Recipe courtesy of Martha Tinkler for Food Network Kitchen

Bread Machine Basic White Loaf

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  • Level: Easy
  • Total: 3 hr 30 min
  • Active: 5 min
  • Yield: 8 to 10 servings
Sometimes the simplest recipes are the best, and that’s definitely true of this one for delicious, versatile, fresh-baked bread. All you need is a few ingredients, making it ideal for bread machine newbies, or for anyone craving a speedy loaf of irresistible home-baked bread. It slices up perfectly for sandwiches, but we bet you’ll want to slather it with butter or your favorite jam as soon as it’s cool enough to handle.

Ingredients

Directions

Special equipment:
a 2-pound capacity bread machine
  1. Add the dough ingredients to the bread pan of a 2-pound capacity bread machine in the following order: water, butter, sugar, milk powder, salt, bread flour and yeast. Program the machine for basic bread (a 1 1/2-pound loaf) or just for the dough setting, depending on your machine, and start the cycle (see Cook's Note).
  2. Once the cycle is complete, immediately remove the bread from the pan and cool completely on a rack.

Cook’s Note

When measuring flour, we spoon it into a dry measuring cup and level off excess. (Scooping directly from the bag compacts the flour, resulting in dry baked goods.) Settings, cycles and timing may vary on your bread machine depending on the model. Refer to the manufacturer's guide and pay attention to visual cues for proofing. We tested this recipe using a Cuisinart Compact Automatic Bread Maker, Model CBK-110.