Magic Chef Bread Maker Instructions

[Lashawna Vorhees]

Breadmachine whole wheat bread is easier than you think. Just a few ingredients tossed into the machine, and a few hours later a wholesome loaf of soft 100% whole wheat sandwich bread emerges almost by magic.

I know there are a lot of transitional loaves out there, with part whole wheat and part white flour, but I decided to go all in and see how they like it. The crumb on this 100% whole wheat sandwich bread is softened a bit by adding a bit of olive oil, and then a hint of sweetness comes through thanks to the addition of maple syrup.

To make this recipe without a bread machine, knead the dough until smooth, about 7 to 10 minutes. Allow to rise until doubled in volume, about 90 minutes. Punch down dough, knead for another 1-2 minutes, and form into a loaf. Place into a greased loaf pan and rise again for about 90 minutes until the bread has risen about an inch above the top of the pan. Preheat oven to 375 and bake for about 35 minutes. Remove from pan to a cooling rack, and allow the bread to cool completely before cutting.

Hello!

Thank you for sharing this recipe. Was really hunting for a good whole wheat bread recipe and glad that I found this one. I baked this bread today in my Kent bread maker (Indian brand). And it came out really soft with a lovely brown colour and just the right amount of honeyed sweetness with tint of savoury. And to my surprise not dense at all!

Will definitely try more variations the next time.

Thank you once again ?

Hi Ashley

Can we reduce the ingredients by half for a smaller loaf?

After having wasted so much organic whole wheat flour on failed breads, i want to try recipes with lesser quantity of ingredients

Kind regards

Hello!

Thank you so much for this recipe, me and my other half both agree that this has become the bread of my life! Absolutely beautiful! I replaced one cup for normal flour and added lots of olives and sun-dried tomatoes. The smell, the texture is so perfect, we were fighting for the crusty ends ? I wish I could show you the photo, I took it out after the last ferment, drew some leaves on it and baked it in the oven.

Best bread ever, thank you so much!

Make that two. I have tired sp.many other recipes for a loaf of bread and M one of them have worked! This is the first one and it is tasty. Plusbthisnisbthe only one that my husband has raved about. He has been the Guinea pig on the others and he is finicky about his bread. Two thumbs up. So far your recipes is the only one that lives up to its billing!

I never use bread flour. I use all purpose flour. After sifting it is the equivalent of bread flour. My breads always come out very light. Before I started sifting ot the bread was very dense! It also saves money.

I would like to try this recipe as I have a Cuisinart bread machine which I have never used. Can u please tell me the exact brand and type of whole wheat flower you used. Also is it ok to use SAF instant yeast?

Atta lacks the type of gluten needed for large loaves but holds moisture well. I used 1 cup whole wheat atta and the rest whole wheat (ground from white wheat berries) and it came out moist and delicious with thick crust. You need to check the dough. I had to add a little more water because the atta flour sucks up moisture.

I tried this recipe and it came out really dense (and I used the whole wheat setting on my breadmaker). Could it be that the recipe says t put the salt on top (rather than with the liquids) because salt interacts with yeast. Or is it because whole wheat flower has no gluten so it will always be dense?

I have made this twice. It is soft AND it is tasty. I use the bread machine to mix and knead it, then it punch it down to rise again. Issue is it never rises to the top of the loaf OAN. I want to use this bread for sandwiches, so I would like for it to rise to at least the top of the pan.

Please could you post this recipe using metric weights. The American way with cups is so old fashioned and ambiguous. It makes conversion extremely time consuming. Other than that its a good recipe. A nightmare to upscale because of the method of measurement.

My bread machine bread recipe makes a beautiful 2-pound loaf of white bread. If you want a smaller loaf, simply cut the ingredients in half and choose the appropriate setting on your bread machine. Or, bake a 2 lb loaf, then freeze half of it until you need it, later.

As the dough starts kneading keep an eye on the process for the first 5-10 minutes making sure that the dough has formed into a soft, round ball. If for some reason the dough looks very loose after all flour has been incorporated add a little bit more flour, 2 tablespoons at a time until it forms into a ball.

Remove and cool: Once the cycle is complete and the alarm goes off, use mittens to remove the bread pan out of the bread machine. Allow to sit for 5 minutes, then shake the bread out onto a cooling rack to cool for at least 40 minutes before slicing. If the kneading peddle tends to come off and stay inside the bread after baking, remove it before slicing.

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My first attempt at this recipe did not go well. The dough was wet so I added more flour but not enough. The top caved in. I altered the recipe and it came out much better the 2nd time. The bread tasted good and was soft and light.

I used 4 cups of flour and only 1 tsp of yeast.

I was happy with result

Thought it would be a little higher a bit on small size. Jennifer...@gmail.com If I put a little bit of an increase in the ingredients it might com up a bit higher. Will try that a let u know.

when I put my ingredients in and it mixes, it looks like it has blended well. when i put the loaf out there are large clumps of unblended flour in the loaf. any ideas on how to get ingredients blended through the loaf?

Just check on the dough halfway through mixing and if needed gently move the dough with a spoon to encourage it to pick up the dry bits of flour. Some mixers are better at mixing then others and this might help it.

This recipe was a hit, the whole family commented on how how delicious the loaf was. It slices really well and holds its shape. So will be great for lunches etc. Very tasty and super easy. Makes a good sized loaf for a standard sized bread maker.

Hi Marina,

Thanks for the recipe. I found a great old Sunbeam electric knife at the thrift store, you can still buy them new, to perfectly and quickly slice my bread loaf 10 minutes out of the machine. The action of each of the two parellel blades moving in the opposite direction at the same time, slices without disturbing the structure of the bread!

With my machine, you put water/oil in first, followed by sugar/salt. Then, you put the flour in and the yeast on top of the flour, keeping it separate from the water until kneading. But you should follow the instructions for your machine to make sure you add the ingredients in the right order as not every machine works in exactly the same way. in other words, use recipes just for the ingredients and ignore the instructions they contain.

This bread turned out fantastic! Thank you for the tip of watching the kneading of the bread. It was a bit wet, but 3 tablespoons of flour fixed that quickly. Bread had a super flaky crust and soft center. It was delicious!

No, I purchased the yeast fresh. I know that every other recipe required separation in the order of ingredients so that the water did NOT touch the yeast. (It was added on top of the flour) for the bread maker.

I will not be following your recipe again. I have a Toastmaster bread maker and the instructions do not agree with your recipe.

Just got a bread machine so this is all new to me can you make any bread machin bread recipe in any bread machine someone told me you can only make the bread recipes that came in the book with your bread machine. And mine calls for powdered milk which I would rather use real milk any tips would be awesome

It was my first time using my brand new machine and this recipe was perfect for mine. I used activated dry yeast so I let it sit in warm water for a few minutes but everything else was the same and turned out perfectly. Thank you!

I am glad I found the recipe. Why has the bread mix not been sold at grocery stores in like 6 years or more? My husband loves the bread and I have tried all the mixes. It is so very easy to make from the boxes. thanks, Pamelia

Help please.

I want to know if I should open and knead the dough after it finished mixing or wait for it to continue ?

For how long should I wait or should I press start again?

I kneaded and put back but it was just quiet

For a crisper crust, I choose light crust on the machine, and when done, straight into the oven, preheated to 200c with a bowl of water in the bottom. I set auto to 7 minutes, and when done, I open the door and leave to cool inside the oven.

Hi Lynda,

This recipe can be used on all 3 settings you mentioned. They will give you different texture for each (French being the fluffiest) but still will be all good loaves of bread. Try each one and see the ones you love the best.

If you have a bread maker you probably have a dough cycle on there, so the dough would be mixed and proofed and then you can take the dough out and use it as you wish. But, in theory if you wanted to use a regular bread cycle, you can like you said, mix it and allow it to rise the first time, then remove it from the pan, shape it, allow it to proof and bake it in the oven.

This is the second time to use this receipe. Once again, after waiting patiently for my bread to be done, to my disappointment, the bread rose and fell. The dough fell out of the container. What went wrong?

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