Italian Bread - Bread Machine
An Italian bread recipe for the bread machine.
A bread machine makes quick work of this homestyle Italian bread recipe.
Nothing beats the taste of authentic homemade Italian bread. But what if you still want that great, fresh taste without spending hours kneading and waiting for the bread to rise? This Italian bread recipe is the answer.
The bread machine does all the work for this recipe for Italian bread. All you have to do is take five minutes to dump the ingredients in, start the bread machine, and wait a few hours until your piping hot loaf of fresh homemade Italian bread is ready.
This recipe calls for semolina flour, a traditional flour used in making pasta and Italian bread. You can find semolina flour in large supermarkets or your local health food store.
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Serve this Italian bread with a nice green salad and chicken marsala, butternut squash lasagna or spinach manicotti. This Italian bread also makes a nice sandwich bread. And when it starts to get stale (as all fresh breads do, because they don't have any preservatives in them), use it for panzanella (Italian bread salad) or overnight blueberry french toast.
Italian Bread Recipe for the Bread Machine
- 3/4 cup milk
- 3 Tbsp. water
- 1 egg
- 1 Tbsp. butter
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour or bread flour
- 1 cup semolina flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. active dry yeast
Add the ingredients to the bread machine in the order specified by your machine's manual. Choose the basic, white bread cycle with a light crust.
Makes approximately 16 slices.
Per slice: 110 calories, 1 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 15 mg cholesterol, 20 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein, 1% vitamin A, 0% vitamin C, 2% calcium, 5% iron
For more delicious bread machine recipes, see also:
- Whole Wheat Bread in the Bread Machine
- Bread Machine Challah (egg bread)
- Sally Lunn Bread Machine Recipe
- Sweet Potato Yeast Bread
- Strawberry Bread with Cream
- Chocolate Chip Yeast Bread
- Pizza Dough Recipe for the Bread Machine
