She Cooks : ZOJIRUSHI BREAD MACHINE DILL BREAD (REVISED)

Just got a new Zojirushi bread machine [BB-PAC20] - the kind that makes a loaf of bread that looks like a LOAF! I love it! Love it! LOVE IT! Could not wait to make dill bread.... but alas there was no recipe in the book! So I took the recipe for 'basic white bread' and modified it - first time I made it (yesterday), it was fantastic! Second time I made it (today), it was fantastic. Hope you like this as much as I do!

YIELD: 1 LOAF, APPROX. 1.5 LBS.

INGREDIENTS:

1-1/4 C buttermilk - room temperature

2 TBSP butter - divided in half - room temperature

2 TBSP sugar

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. white pepper

2 TBSP dried dill weed (3 TBSP for more flavor)

3 C bread flour

2-1/2 tsp. Rapid Rise yeast

DIRECTIONS:

Assemble all the ingredients and line them up in the order shown.

Pour the buttermilk into the bread pan. Add 1 TBSP butter over each paddle.

Sprinkle the sugar evenly over the buttermilk. Same for the salt.

Add the white pepper and the dill weed into the bread flour and stir with a fork to blend.

Put the flour into the bread pan as evenly as possible over the liquid. DO NOT STIR THE FLOUR INTO THE MILK! Put the bread pan into the machine and press it securely into place.

Make a small indention in the top of the flour approximately between the paddle locations and sprinkle the yeast in it. (Don't let the yeast get in the milk.)

Close the lid and plug the machine in. Select the QUICK COURSE [takes approx. 2:25] setting. Select DARK baking degree setting for the crust. Press START.

When the bread is finished, the machine will beep. Lift the lid and press CANCEL. Using potholders, CAREFULLY remove pan from baking unit and turn the loaf out onto cooling rack. Cool at least 10 minutes before slicing - if you can wait that long!

Note: These are instructions for my specific bread machine model. Follow directions for your Zojirushi breadmaker..... and I hope you enjoy my dill bread!

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As an added note, I got one of these bread slicing boards with the crumb tray ages ago and it's a wonderful place to let your bread cool AND to slice it - save the crumbs, too - and just wipe it out with a dry cloth! Available at Amazon...