Recipes By Course - Breads

Olive Bread

- Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients
  • 16 ounces hot roll mix
  • 5 3/4 ounces pitted black olives, drained and dried
Directions
  • Mix ingredients in a bowl according to package directions. Use Oster® Hand Mixer dough hooks to mix flour into liquid and for kneading. When you begin kneading, add olives and work into dough evenly.
  • Let dough rest for 5 minutes.
  • On a pan covered with parchment paper shape dough into tight round circle, dust with flour.
  • Cut slits in the top and continue to follow directions on box for rising.
  • Bake at 375° for 30 minutes or until golden.
  • For crispier crust add a small pan of water to oven with bread or turn off oven when bread is done baking and leave bread in oven for 30 to 40 minutes.
Dried Olives
  • Drain liquid from can of olives.
  • Chop olives by hand or in Oster® Food Processor.
  • Spread chopped olives out on a baking sheet and bake in 400° oven for 15 minutes. Or roll chopped olives in layers of paper towels and squeeze out liquid.

100% Whole Wheat Bread

Ingredients
  • 1-5/8 cups water
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 4 2/3 cups whole wheat flour
  • 3 tsp active dry yeast
  • 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
Directions
  • Measure and add liquid ingredients to the bread pan.
  • Measure and add dry ingredients (except yeast) to the bread pan. .
  • Use your finger to form a well (hole) in the flour where you will pour the yeast. Yeast must NEVER come into contact with a liquid when you are adding ingredients. Measure the yeast and carefully pour it into the well.
  • Snap the baking pan into the breadmaker and close the lid.
  • Press "Select" button to choose the Whole Wheat setting.
  • Press the "Crust Color" button to choose light, medium or dark crust.
  • Press the "Start/Stop" button

Light Rye Bread

Ingredients
  • 1 3/8 cups water
  • 1 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 tbsp packed brown sugar
  • 1-1/2 tsp salt
  • 3 cups bread flour
  • 1 cup rye flour
  • 2 tsp active dry yeast
Directions
  • Measure and add liquid ingredients to the bread pan.
  • Measure and add dry ingredients (except yeast) to the bread pan.
  • Use your finger to form a well (hole) in the flour where you will pour the yeast. Yeast must NEVER come into contact with a liquid when you are adding ingredients. Measure the yeast and carefully pour it into the well.
  • Snap the baking pan into the breadmaker and close the lid.
  • Press "Select" button to choose the Whole Wheat setting.
  • Press the "Crust Color" button to choose light, medium or dark crust.
  • Press the "Start/Stop" button.

Carrot Bread

- Makes 1 loaf
Ingredients
  • 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup pecans
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1-1/2 cups carrot pieces, cut in 1-inch pieces
Directions
  • Preheat oven to 350oF.
  • Grease 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
  • Sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt into large mixer bowl. Set aside.
  • Blender chop nuts. Add dry ingredients.
  • Put eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla extract into Osterizer® blender container. Cover and process at ON until smooth. Stop blender, add carrot pieces, cover and process at ON until carrots are finely chopped.
  • Pour over dry ingredients and mix only until dry ingredients are moistened.
  • Pour into prepared pan and bake 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean.
  • Cool 5 minutes in pan, then turn out on cake rack and cool completely.

Sourdough Bread

Ingredients
  • All ingredients at room temperature (70°F-80°F)
  • 1-1/4 cups sourdough starter (see "Sourdough Starter," below)
  • 3/4 cup warm water
  • 1 3/4 tsp salt
  • 4 cups bread flour
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 1-3/4 tsp active dry yeast
Directions
  • Measure and add liquid ingredients (including sourdough starter) to the bread pan.
  • Measure and add dry ingredients (except yeast) to the bread pan.
  • Use your finger to form a well (hole) in the flour where you will pour the yeast. Yeast must NEVER come into contact with a liquid when you are adding ingredients.
  • Measure the yeast and carefully pour it into the well.
  • Snap the baking pan into the breadmaker and close the lid.
  • Press "Select" button to choose the Basic setting.
  • Press the "Crust Color" button to choose light, medium or dark crust.
  • Press the "Start/Stop" button.

Cranberry Orange Nut Bread

- Serves 6 to 10
Ingredients
  • 1 cup orange juice, room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons margarine, softened
  • 1 egg, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
  • 1/2 cup dried sweetened cranberries
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 16 ounces hot roll mix (1 box)
Cream Cheese Icing
  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 2 tablespoons orange juice
  • 1/4 cup butter or margarine
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
Directions
  • First add juice, margarine and egg to bread pan.
  • Then add orange peel, cranberries and nuts.
  • On top of that, add flour mixture from hot roll mix box.
  • Pour yeast from packet in hot roll mix box on top of flour.
  • Bake in Oster® Breadmaker on sweet setting.
Cream Cheese Icing
  • Add all ingredients into mixer bowl; beat, spread on top of warm bread.
  • Add small amount of water or milk to thin if necessary.

Sweet Potato Bread

Ingredients
  • 2 small sweet potatoes, peeled and cut in approximately 2-inch chunks
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg white
  • 1/3 cup safflower oil
  • 1/4 cup vanilla or plain yogurt
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 1 3/4 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 cup pecans, toasted and coarsely chopped (optional)
Directions
  • Grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Place sweet potatoes in steamer and steam for 25 minutes, until they are tender and easily pierced with fork.
  • In bowl, with an electric mixer beat sweet potatoes till creamy, about 1 minute.
  • Add the sugars, egg, egg white, safflower oil, yogurt and orange juice and beat for another minute.
  • Add the flour, baking power, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
  • Remove beaters and blend in pecans with spatula.
  • Pour batter in loaf pan and bake in preheated oven for about 1 hour or until knife comes out clean when inserted.
  • Cool on rack for about 30 minutes and then turn loaf onto rack to finish cooling.
Substitute 1 cup sweetened steamed apples for the sweet potatoes for an apple version of this quick bread.

Butter Rolls

- Makes 12 rolls
Ingredients
  • All ingredients at room temperature (70°F-80°F), except milk
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2-3/4 cups bread flour
  • 2 tsp active dry yeast
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 egg
  • 7/8 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup butter
Directions
  • Measure all ingredients into bread pan.
  • Select Dough setting.
  • Press "Start/Stop".
  • When unit signals and display reads, "0:00," press "Start/Stop" and remove dough.
  • Shape as desired.
  • Bake at 350°F for 25 to 30 minutes. Makes 12 rolls.

Banana Bread

Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cup flour
  • 2-3 ripe bananas mashed (1 cup)
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup margarine
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 tsp salt
Directions
  • Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  • Add bananas, margarine, milk and egg.
  • Pour into greased and floured Rice Bowl. Cover Rice Bowl with aluminum foil to prevent water from entering. Be sure the foil creates a tight seal around the Rice Bowl.
  • Fill Water Reservoir to Max level.
  • Place Rice Bowl in Steaming Bowl. Steam for 60 minutes.

Traditional White Bread

- Makes 1 1/2 lb loaf
Ingredients
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 tbsp butter or margarine
  • 1-1/2 tsp salt
  • 3 cups bread flour
  • 2 tbsp dry milk
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tsp active dry yeast
Directions
  • Measure and add liquid ingredients to the bread pan.
  • Measure and add dry ingredients (except yeast) to the bread pan.
  • Use your finger to form a well (hole) in the flour where you will pour the yeast. Yeast must NEVER come into contact with a liquid when you are adding ingredients. Measure the yeast and carefully pour it into the well.
  • Snap the baking pan into the breadmaker and close the lid.
  • Press "Select" button to choose the Basic setting.
  • Press the "Crust Color" button to choose light, medium or dark crust.
  • Press the "Start/Stop" button.