Sneak Preview: This collection includes 70 of the best bread machine recipes that are ideal for using the DOUGH cycle and then baking in a conventional oven. This method ensures consistently excellent bread. Enjoy looking like a pro!
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Since bread machines are my thing, I gathered all of my best bread maker recipes into one place to make it easy for you. No more scouring the web for mind-numbing hours looking for a recipe that may or may not be good.
Bread makers are fabulous kneading machines, so I only use the DOUGH cycle. After that, I take control, shaping the bread by hand and baking in my conventional oven.
That’s what makes these the best bread machine recipes.
You won’t need the user’s manual that came with your bread machine when using one of my recipes. Instead, I’ll guide you step-by-step as you use a bread machine to do what it does best. That’s what makes these the best bread machine recipes.
Every yeast bread recipe listed here will include shaping directions, pan size, oven temperature for baking, and how long it should bake. Now you can produce bread you will be anxious to eat and excited to share with your family and friends.
If you are having any specific issues with your bread, be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom for a list of posts you may find helpful.
No worries if you don’t have a bread machine or bread maker. Nearly all of my recipes have alternate directions for stand mixers or making bread by hand.
Four Reasons Why These Recipes Will Be Your Favorite
When I bake bread, I want it to be worth the money, calories, and time! I can imagine you feel the same.
- The bread must taste fabulous, of course. Every recipe has been tested repeatedly.
- The bread must have a well-organized texture. (Stuffing the dough into a pan won’t do. Stuffing equals crumbs.)
- It must have a tender crust that is appropriately soft, tender, chewy, or crusty. Cardboard crusts are not worth the convenience of baking bread in a bread machine.
- It must be as beautiful as the bread you buy from the best bakery in town. My goal is to make bread I love and am excited to share with others. That’s what I want for you, too.
What Am I Doing Wrong?
If you make much bread in your machine, you might have noticed it’s often too dense, tough, short, flat on top, lopsided, crumbly, ugly, etc.
When the ingredients are dumped into a machine, mixed, and then baked right there in the machine, it’s not always the best. Most of the time, it’s not good at all.
Don’t blame your bread machine or bread maker. After all, it doesn’t have a brain. Instead, human intervention is required to make the very best bread machine bread.
“Bread machines don’t have a brain.”
That’s right. (I hope I haven’t burst your bread machine dream.) Professional-quality yeast bread cannot be made from scratch from start to finish with the touch of a “START” button.
Does It Matter What Kind of Bread Machine I Use?
In my book, bread makers are the best kneading machine in town. So, I use them to mix and knead the dough.
You need a machine with a DOUGH cycle because that’s all you’ll use with my recipes. Whether it’s old or new isn’t a big deal as long as the motor is strong.
PinYou don’t need a preheat cycle, multiple rest periods interspersed throughout the DOUGH cycle, or multiple options for recipes made with different flours.
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Bread makers are worth the money. Although you can use a stand mixer with all of my yeast bread recipes, stand mixers have no timers or way of controlling the heat while your bread rises.
With a stand mixer, you must recognize when the dough has been properly kneaded and provide the proper environment for the dough to rise. However, a stand mixer would be the preferred choice if you plan to make many large batches of dough (more than 4 cups per recipe).
So, What’s the Secret To Making an Incredible Loaf of Bread with a Bread Machine?
The instructions are in every one of my bread recipes. Look at this tutorial for making bread in a bread machine my way.
Meanwhile, here’s a birds-eye view of the five steps.
1. Select a good recipe. I don’t even bother with the recipes in the manual. Choose one below, or use a favorite recipe. Most yeast bread recipes can be converted to use in a bread machine with this method.
2. No matter what the recipe says, choose the DOUGH cycle. When the DOUGH cycle completes, remove the dough from the bread machine to a lightly floured work surface in your kitchen.
3. Shape the dough as directed. (Please don’t stuff the dough into a bread pan and stick it into the oven. The results won’t be pretty.)
4. Let the dough rise again after shaping (important if you don’t want a dense loaf!).
5. Bake the loaf in your preheated conventional oven. Don’t take it out until it’s perfectly baked throughout (use a quick-read thermometer (paid link) if needed) and golden brown all over.
Yes, You Can Make Good Bread with a Bread Machine
You’ll be amazed at how simple most of these recipes are. Even beginners will likely succeed, especially if you read and follow my tips.
You’ll find advanced recipes like Ciabatta, Bread Machine Brioche, or Bread Machine Sourdough with No Commercial Yeast. There is truly something for everybody.
Can I recommend the free bread machine course? It’s the perfect place to start for anybody who wants to make bread worth sharing with a bread maker.
Happy Bakers Speak Up
“Thank you for helping making bread so easy!”—ANA
“I’ve made the Ciabatta bread, the french bread and today the buttermilk sandwich bread. They have all come out PERFECT! The recipes are easy to follow and I love that I can weigh the ingredients. My husband couldn’t get enough of the french bread. He told me not to lose the recipe since it was the best I’ve made since I have tried several different recipes and this was by far the best! Thank you!! Can’t wait to try some other of your recipes.” —PATTY
“I have had to make all my bread, pizza, and roll doughs in my bread machines all the time now due to time constraints and your recipes have helped me make full use of my machines with good results. It was very helpful to realize I could do the dough in the machines and finish up in my oven, no holes in the bottom of the loaf, yay!!”—DIANA R.
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An Easy Bread Machine French Bread
This recipe is for a simple French bread you can mix up in your bread machine and bake in the oven for the freshest bread ever. Ingredients include flour, sugar, butter, and yeast.
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Outstanding Bread Machine 100% Whole Wheat Recipe
This 100% whole-grain loaf is mixed and kneaded with a bread machine, then shaped by hand before baking in a conventional oven. Peanut butter or sunflower butter and vital wheat gluten are optional ingredients.
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Best Bread Machine Pizza Dough Recipe
This pizza crust is made with a bread machine (although easily converted to a stand mixer recipe or by hand) and is simple enough for a beginner to make.
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Spinach Bread with Parmesan: A Bread Machine Miracle
Spinach Bread with Parmesan features a prominent caramelized onion flavor (without the work of actually caramelizing onions) paired with overtones of Parmesan cheese. Tiny bits of spinach add color and freshness without turning the bread green. Let the magic of a bread machine do the mixing and kneading for you.
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Chocolate Babka Recipe Made Simpler with a Bread Machine
Surprise your family and friends with this Chocolate Babka. A bread machine makes mixing and kneading the rich dough a hands-off process. You take over the shaping and baking process for the best loaf possible.
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Brown and Serve Rolls Made with My Classic Bread Machine Dinner Roll Dough
This recipe yields light, airy, and slightly sweet dinner rolls that you can easily mix in your bread machine. Shape them by hand and par-bake days or weeks in advance. Store the rolls in the refrigerator or freezer and bake them just before serving for maximum freshness.
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Yeast Cornbread Recipe: A Bread Machine Dinner Roll
These are interesting yeasty cornbread rolls that are mixed and kneaded in a bread machine. The cornmeal adds an interesting crunch to the crust and the texture.
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Sprouted Wheat Bread Machine Recipe with Honey and Seeds
This Sprouted Wheat Bread Machine Recipe with Honey and Seeds is so tasty you will enjoy eating it even if you don’t care about the benefits of sprouted wheat flour. Sunflower, pumpkin, sesame, flax, chia seeds, and a surprise secret ingredient maximize the flavor.
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Jalapeno-Cheese Bread (Bread Machine)
This slightly sweet and spicy cheese loaf is extremely munchable. Once it cools, cut or slice it into chunks for snacks or make toasted cheese sandwiches with your preferred jelly. It’s a sweet and savory treat.
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Crusty Bread Machine Recipe
This Crusty Bread Machine recipe (made in a bread machine) produces a rustic loaf of bread that involves making a sponge the night before. Overnight, the dough develops a deep, yeasty flavor in addition to a soft texture with a close crumb. Use the DOUGH cycle to mix the dough, then bake in your oven for a fabulous loaf you will be excited to share.
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Potato Burger Buns Mixed with a Bread Machine
These potato hamburger buns (mixed in a bread machine) are guaranteed to make your next outdoor party more memorable. They are soft but sturdy buns and flavorful without tasting like dessert. A fresh potato is the secret ingredient.
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Bread Machine Pumpkin Brioche Twist Recipe
Celebrate fall flavors with this amazing recipe for Pumpkin Brioche Twist made with the help of a bread machine. Don’t miss the helpful recipe secrets inside the post. Yield: one delightful loaf.
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Salt-Free Bread Machine Recipe for Focaccia (or Pizza Dough)
This salt-free focaccia crust is made with a bread machine (although easily converted to a stand mixer recipe or by hand) and is simple enough for a beginner to make.
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Bread Machine Hot Cross Buns: Make Good Friday Special
Get out your bread machine to make these traditional Hot Cross Buns–think apple pie spices inside a sweet dinner roll with a bit of icing on top.
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Buttermilk Bread Machine Bread Recipe
This Buttermilk Bread Machine recipe makes a soft white sandwich loaf. Skip the hassle of kneading. Let your bread machine do the job instead. Shape the dough by hand and bake in your oven for a blue-ribbon loaf.
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Best Oatmeal Bread Machine Recipe with Sunflower Seeds
This Oatmeal Bread Machine recipe has a mild, non-assertive but nutty flavor thanks to the sunflower seeds. It’s perfect for sandwiches and toast. Make the dough in a bread machine and bake it in your oven.
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Classic Bread Machine Sourdough Bread Recipe – No Yeast
Make this no-yeast sourdough bread in your bread machine using the DOUGH cycle for mixing and kneading. Shape and bake it in a conventional oven for a superior crust and traditional look.
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Bread Machine Cinnamon-Raisin Bread Recipe
This recipe makes a sweet cinnamon swirl bread with or without raisins. Use your bread machine to mix and knead the dough, but bake in your conventional oven for the best crust.
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Basic Bread Machine White Bread You’ll Be Eager to Share
This basic Bread Machine White Bread is a soft and fluffy 1.5-pound loaf with no eggs and not a lot of sugar or fat.
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Japanese Milk Bread Rolls made with a Bread Machine
These homemade rolls are everything you could want in a dinner roll: light, airy, flavorful, and versatile. Plus, thanks to a Tangzhong-inspired modification, they stay fresh for 2-3 days with no preservatives
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Chewy Sourdough Dinner Roll Recipe with a Bread Machine
These chewy sourdough bread rolls are easy to mix and knead with a bread machine.
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Chocolate Bread Machine Recipe for Cinnamon Rolls
Dark chocolate cocoa flavors the rich dough to make fabulous cinnamon rolls that will remind you of chocolate doughnuts with chocolate frosting.
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Soft Bread Machine Garlic Breadsticks Recipe
This bread machine recipe for yeasted garlic breadsticks tastes similar to the ones at Olive Garden.
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Tomato Basil Bread Recipe Mixed in a Bread Machine
Mix up Tomato Basil Bread in your Bread Machine, shape by hand, then bake in your oven. Take your next toasted cheese sandwich up a notch.
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Sourdough Bread Machine Bread: A Simple Loaf Recipe
Make this basic sourdough bread machine loaf using the DOUGH cycle of your bread machine, then bake in your oven.
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Bread Machine White Bread with Condensed Milk Recipe
A finely-textured loaf of soft white bread–mixed, kneaded, and proofed in a bread machine, but shaped by hand and baked in a conventional oven for the best of both worlds.
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Bread-Machine Challah Recipe (Dairy-Free)
Bread Machine Challah, a traditional Jewish bread, is a golden, eggy, tender, and only slightly-sweet yeast bread you can mix and knead in your bread machine. This is a dairy-free version.
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Bread Machine Ciabatta Recipe
Because ciabatta starts life as a very slack and sticky dough, the bread machine is a useful tool to mix and knead the dough. Make the biga by adding the first three ingredients listed below to your bread machine at least 12 hours ahead of time. This is a sort of “starter” that will contribute flavor and a hole-y texture to your bread.
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Hearty Bread Machine Rye Bread Recipe
This dense and hearty rye bread boule is flavored with molasses and caraway seed. Make a “sponge” the night before in your bread machine, then add the remaining ingredients the next day. This simple step will give you a better texture and more complex flavor.
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Pillsbury Cornbread Twists: A Copycat Recipe
A hot dog wrapped with a yeasty cornbread dough or make the same dough and twist the strips into cornsticks to go with a hearty soup like chili or stew.
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Bread Machine Brioche Recipe
Now you can make classic brioche in your bread machine, then shape it by hand to meet your specific needs before baking it in a conventional oven. I kindly recommend taking a moment to read the entire recipe from start to finish before getting started.
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Bread Machine Whole Wheat Rolls Recipe
These Whole Wheat Rolls are sturdy but soft and tasty, making them suitable for buns or mini-sliders. Mix the dough in a bread machine, shape by hand, and bake in the oven. Remarkably light and airy texture.
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Bread Machine Focaccia Recipe
Bread Machine Rosemary Parmesan Focaccia is easy to mix and knead in a bread machine. Then, shape it by hand, let it rise again, add the toppings, and bake it in a conventional oven.
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Bread Machine Cuban Bread (Pan Cubano)
This recipe is for a simple, crusty Cuban bread you can mix up in your bread machine and bake in the oven for the freshest bread ever. Heads up: For the best flavor, make the preferment the night before. Or skip it if you don’t have time.
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Hawaiian Rolls Bread Machine Recipe
A sweet and soft bread in the same style as my favorite Hawaiian bread at the grocery store. The instructions are for mixing and kneading in a bread machine, then shaping by hand and baking in a conventional oven.
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Classic Bread Machine Dinner Rolls
This recipe produces a light and airy slightly-sweet dinner roll you can mix up in your bread machine. Shape by hand and bake in your conventional oven for the best of both worlds.
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Cinnamon Crispy Toasts: How To Recycle Homemade Bread
These melba toasts resemble the cinnamon toast crisps sold at the Corner Bakery.
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Glazed Sweet Potato Rolls Recipe
These light and fluffy dinner rolls are made with sweet potatoes and baked with a honey-butter glaze or a simple egg glaze.
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Honey Wheat Bread Machine Recipe
This Honey Whole Wheat Bread recipe will make an exceptionally light and soft sandwich bread with both whole wheat flour and white bread flour–you’ll be making this recipe on repeat!
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Leftover Cranberry Sauce Yeast Dinner Rolls: a Bread Machine Recipe
Put that leftover cranberry sauce to good use. Make this Cranberry Yeast Bread into a loaf, dinner rolls, or slider buns. The lemon and cranberry flavors go perfectly with turkey or ham. It’s also a delicious way to put cranberries on your Thanksgiving menu.
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Bread Machine Bear Claws
Mix up these rich sweet rolls in your bread machine. They are really just fancy looking cinnamon rolls with icing and almonds on top.Crazy easy.
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Terrific Tangzhong Cinnamon Rolls from Your Bread Machine
These cinnamon rolls are so soft, buttery, and ooey-gooey, they probably won’t last more than one day. But if you have leftovers, you’ll be surprised at how long they stay fresh.
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Really Crusty Bread Machine Rolls Recipe
I can think of no better accompaniment for stew, gumbo, or chowder than these Crusty dinner rolls with a soft interior. Cornstarch glaze is the secret.
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Cracked Wheat Berry Bread — A Bread Machine Recipe
A nubby, crunchy loaf starring cracked wheat berries that you can easily make in your bread machine
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Easy Bread Machine Orange Rolls Recipe
Try these Easy Orange Yeast Rolls with directions for mixing and kneading in a bread machine. Bake in your oven.
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Sweet Banana Bread with Yeast: A Bread Machine Recipe
Break out of your same old banana bread routine. Use those old bananas with lots of black specks on the peel to make this Banana Yeast Bread with whole wheat flour in your bread machine. It’s slightly sweet with a sugar-cardamom mixture sprinkled over the top.
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Bread Machine Whole Wheat Pizza Dough with Honey
This Honey Whole Wheat Pizza Dough recipe has directions and amounts appropriate for a bread machine. The dough benefits from spending one night in the fridge before using it.
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My Best Cinnamon Rolls: Inspired by Pecan Twirls
My Best Cinnamon Rolls are traditional cinnamon rolls with cream cheese icing. Written for mixing in a bread machine.
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Rosemary Bread Machine Recipe with Cranberries and Pecans
This bread machine recipe is a whole wheat artisan loaf with a gorgeous brown crust. Dried cranberries and toasted pecans complement the fresh rosemary in this flavorful bread. Easily mix and knead the dough in a bread machine, then bake in a conventional oven.
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Herb and Garlic Rolls (Bread Machine Recipe)
These rolls are soft but slightly chewy dinner rolls. They will make your house smell like a chic Parisian cafe as they bake. Wonderful with a Thanksgiving turkey.
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Bread Maker Fruit Bread Recipe
This recipe for Fruit Bread has a light texture that works well for bread pudding, sandwiches, and eating out of hand. Incidentally, it is dairy-free.
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Christmas Dinner Rolls with Brown Butter and Rosemary Recipe
You’ll find this festive ring of rosemary yeast rolls difficult to resist. They also make wonderful slider buns for leftover ham, turkey, or roast beef.
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Sweet Apple Cinnamon Bread Machine Recipe
Mix and knead this sweet yeast bread in a bread machine, use your preferred method of shaping, then bake it in a conventional oven. Your fans will love it!
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Alabama Orange Rolls: A Bread Machine Recipe
Try these distinctly orange-flavored sweet yeast rolls you can mix and knead with your bread machine.
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Raisin Rum Buns Recipe: Bread Machine
Get out your bread machine to make these fluffy and light rolls flavored with rum or rum extract and raisins.
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Glazed Lemon Pull-Apart Bread (Bread Machine Recipe)
This is a simple sweet yeast bread flavored with lemon and orange zest that you can make with a bread machine.
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Elegant Poppy Seed Bread Rolls Made Easy with a Bread Machine
Poppyseed Bread Rolls are lightweight dinner rolls with a touch of sweetness. The seeds add interest and texture. Make with a bread machine, stand mixer, or by hand.
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White Whole Wheat Flour Bread Machine Recipe for Dinner Rolls
White whole wheat flour makes these rolls from your bread machine light and fluffy with a milder wheat taste than regular whole wheat flour. I guarantee they will be the star of the party when you pull them out of your oven.
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Party Bread with Three Flavors: A Bread Machine Recipe
This party bread is made with Monkey Bread yeast dough that is mixed and kneaded in a bread machine. While rolling out the dough, use three different flavors: butter, cheese, and cinnamon-sugar. My grandkids go crazy for this bread.
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Buttery Monkey Bread: With a Little Help from a Bread Machine
I think you will love this pull-apart, brioche-like yeast bread, mixed and kneaded in a bread machine, then baked in the oven in a bundt pan. Kids go crazy for it.
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Easy Bread Machine Brown Bread Recipe
This Brown Bread Recipe is dark-colored bread like we used to get at the local Steak and Ale. Directions for mixing and kneading in a bread machine are included.
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Cheese Buns Recipe–Bread Machine
Fluffy cheese buns are light and fluffy dinner rolls with melty cheese on the inside and crusty cheese on the outside.
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Quick Bread Machine Pretzel Dough for Perfect Buns or Rolls
Make your own pretzel buns for a fun sandwich or eat them alone with a little mustard.
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Fantans: A Fun Yeast Roll Made with Yogurt and a Bread Machine
These fantans are made with yogurt and mixed in a bread machine or stand mixer. They are shaped like pull-apart brown-and-serve rolls from the grocery store.
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Cardamom Bread Recipe (aka Swedish Cardamom Bread) for a Bread Machine
Cardamom Breadis a sweet yeast bread recipe designed for mixing and kneading in a bread machine. Cardamom is the ingredient that makes this recipe stand apart from the others.
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Fresh Blueberry Bread Machine Recipe (1-pound loaf)
Don’t miss this rich and sweet brioche-like yeast bread with fresh, sweetened blueberries swirled throughout.
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Seeded Rolls: A Bread Machine Recipe
This recipe for Seeded Rolls makes dinner rolls or buns mixed and kneaded in the bread machine, Roll in a snail shape, top with seeds, and bake in a conventional oven.
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Braided Cinnamon Bread (a bread maker recipe)
This Braided Cinnamon Bread is in the same family as decadent cinnamon rolls–directions for mixing and kneading in a bread machine included.
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Multigrain Burger Buns Recipe: Bread Machine
Make these sesame buns for your next cookout, tailgate, or party. Mix the dough with a bread machine or a stand mixer.
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Honey Oatmeal Rolls (Bread Machine Recipe)
These Oatmeal Rolls are soft, light, and fluffy with just enough oatmeal to give a little chew and make them interesting. Honey adds the right amount of sweetness.
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Please email me if you are looking for a specific recipe but don’t see it here (address below). I’ll add it to my list. Many of the recipes you see here were created and tested in response to a reader request.
Looking for Some Advice in Regard to Your bread Maker?
- 6 Bread-Machine Secrets You Need To Know To Make Marvelous Bread: Beginners should start here.
- How To Use a Bread Machine to Make Fabulous Bread: Learn about my philosophy of using a bread machine for what it does best.
- How to Choose a Bread Maker: This is a buyer’s guide to purchasing a bread machine. Find out how to match your needs with the right bread machine.
- 5 Surprising Reasons I Don’t Bake Bread in My Bread Machine: Read about the unconventional way I use my bread machine.
- How to Convert a Yeast Bread Recipe for Use in a Bread Machine: Do you have a favorite recipe you want to make in your bread machine? Now you can.
- How To Rescue Bread Dough When You Forgot To Add the Yeast: All may not be lost. If you have time, try this solution to save your bread.
- Overproofed Dough in a Bread Machine: What, Why, and How To Fix It: These answers to your questions about over-proofed dough will help you make a better loaf.
- Why is My Bread so Dense? (Plus a Special Bread Machine Section): If you are turning out dense loaves, be sure to read this post.
- 5 Keys To Using Yeast with Confidence in Your Bread Machine: With these 5 keys to using yeast in your bread machine, you can make better-informed decisions about what type of yeast to use and how to handle it in bread machine recipes.
- What You Should Know About the Preheat Phase on a Bread Machine: The preheat phase on a bread machine comes on automatically for most yeast bread settings. Here’s why it’s there and why you may not need it.
- Bread Maker vs. Oven: How to Get the Best Crust: Many people are unhappy with bread made in a bread machine because they don’t like the crust. Here’s my solution.
- Bread Machine: Troubleshooting the Dough When It Starts Wrong: Get some tips for troubleshooting bread machine dough that is too dry or too wet from the start.
- Can You Double a Bread Machine Recipe? Find out why it’s not a good idea and what you can do instead when you need lots of bread.
- What Does a Bread Machine Do and Why Do You Need One? I list all the reasons why I can’t do without a bread machine.
- How To Use a Bread Machine to Make Fabulous Bread: Learn about my philosophy of using a bread machine for what it does best.
- Should Liquids Be Warm When Using a Bread Machine? Do all liquids need to be at room temperature when using a bread machine, as most bread recipes specify? Here is my answer.
- 5 Things You Should Not Do When Measuring Flour for Bread + Video: Find out if you measureflourwrong, why it matters, and how to measure it correctly, especially when making bread with a bread machine.
FAQ About Bread Machine Recipes
Is a bread maker better than an oven?
A bread maker is one of the best dough-kneading machines in town. I love mine. But if you want bread as good or better than what you can buy from a bakery, you will need to bake your bread in a conventional oven that gets hotter than a bread machine. The texture and crust will be greatly improved when you use the machine to mix and knead the dough, then shape the dough by hand, let it rise on your counter and bake it in a preheated conventional oven.
Why is bread machine bread not fluffy?
The reasons for dense bread are many, but some of the more common ones include inaccurate measuring, unwise substitutions (too much whole wheat flour for white flour), or omission of important ingredients such as salt. If the ambient temperature is too warm or too cool, the timing of your bread machine may not work out right. Checking the dough as it kneads to see if you need more moisture or flour is very helpful. Remember, your bread machine does not have a brain.
Are bread makers a waste of money?
It depends. If you want excellent bread every time with the touch of one button (from start to finish in a bread machine while you sleep), you will most likely be disappointed. But if you are willing to combine your brain with the touch of your fingers and the kneading power of a bread machine, you can make almost any bread recipe out there with a bread maker.
If you have questions or suggestions, email me privately for a quick answer: Paula at saladinajar.com. Hope to see you again soon!
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