Buttermilk Bread for Bread Machine

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Jenn recently posted a recipe for buttermilk

bread. It sounded quite good. I don't normally

have buttermilk in the house, but I did this

weekend because of another bread recipe that I

made. So I thought I'd try to adapt it for the

bread machine dough setting. Here's what I did:

 

- Cut all ingredients exactly in half.

- Omit the soda, and add just a dash of extra

salt and yeast to make up for that.

- Put in the bread machine on the dough setting.

- I always keep an eye on the dough as it starts

to mix and add drops of water (only as few as

necessary!) onto any dry flour so it gets added to the ball of dough.

- When the dough cycle is done, knead by hand for three or four minutes.

- Put in a 9 x 5 loaf pan, cover, and let rise in

a warm place for about 45 minutes or until double or more.

- If you have an olive oil sprayer, such as a

Misto, lightly spray the top with olive oil for better browning.

- Bake at 375 for 45 minutes or the settings you

normally use. (I used my oven's convection

setting, which adjusts appropriately, so mine

actually baked at 350 for 45 minutes.)

 

Turned out great! Thanks Jenn.

 

Here's Jenn's original recipe with the full portions:

 

2 packages dry yeast

1/4 cup warm water

1/4 cup sugar

1 & 3/4 cups buttermilk, lukewarm

6 cups flour (approximately)

2 tablespoons melted butter

1 tablespoon salt

1/2 teaspoon soda

 

Dissolve yeast in water. Add sugar, buttermilk and 3 cups of sifted flour, beat

well. Let stand in warm place until light and bubbly (about 1/2 hour). Add

remaining 3 cups flour, melted butter, salt and soda. Knead until smooth and

elastic. Let rise until doubled in bulk, shape

into loaves and place in two 9 by

5 inch greased loaf pans. Let rise until double again. Bake at 400° 15 minutes.

Reduce heat to 375° and bake 30 minutes longer.