Dough made in the bread machine is usually baked in an oven.
Bread machines can produce more than just a basic loaf; pizza crust, bagels, rolls, pretzels and breadsticks are just a few of the breads that are produced using the dough cycle. Though dough recipes are produced specifically for bread machines, you can also adapt almost any recipe to mix and knead the dough in a bread machine. An average bread machine dough cycle lasts an hour and 30 minutes, according to Beth Hensperger in "The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook"; during this time, the bread machine mixes and kneads the bread and lets it sit through the first rise, leaving it ready for you to shape as soon as it comes out of the machine.
Instructions
1. Scale the recipe if it is not a bread machine recipe. Use no more than 3 cups of flour in a 1-lb.. machine, 4 cups in a 1.5-lb machine or 5 cups in a 2-lb. machine. Half the measurement of each ingredient if the recipe is too much, or use an online calculator that allows you to enter the amount of flour you want to use and scales the rest of the ingredients accordingly.
2. Add the ingredients to the bread machine pan in the order suggested by the manufacturer. Generally, add liquids, dry ingredients other than flour, flour and then yeast. Do not allow the yeast to touch the liquid.
3. Insert the pan into the bread machine and close the lid. Select the dough cycle on your machine and press the start button.
4. Remove the dough from the machine when the cycle ends. Continue with the recipe from the point where it instructs you to punch down the dough after the first rise.
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