Polynesian Sweet Bread {Bread Machine Recipe} (2024)

FAQs

What is the order of ingredients for a bread machine? ›

Adding Ingredients to the Bread Machine

Manufacturers usually recommend adding the liquids first, followed by dry ingredients, with the yeast going in last. This keeps the yeast away from the liquid ingredients until kneading begins.

Short, Dense, and/or Dark Loaf

Cause: typical of too much flour (or other dry ingredients) or not enough liquid; less often a result of too little yeast, too little sugar, too much salt, or old ingredients. Here's what you can try doing to improve your loaf: Reduce your flour* or increasing your liquids.

A 1-pound bread machine, in general, can handle 2 to 3 cups of flour, while a 1 1/2-lb. machine can handle 3 to 4 cups of flour. Many recipes ask for a range of flour.

A favorite to kama'aina and visitors alike, our sweet bread is baked according to a secret, generations-old recipe. Available in a variety of flavors and baked fresh daily.

King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour is perfect for bread machines. Its relatively high protein level (11.7%), and the quality of that protein, allows you to use it in recipes calling for either bread flour or all-purpose flour.

Bread machine yeast, a form of instant yeast, is made through a different manufacturing process than active dry yeast. This process ensures that the yeast is 100% functional and can be mixed directly with the dry ingredients.

Some attribute the demise of the bread machine to the fact that cooks were just disappointed by their results. Lara Pizzorno, the author of Bread Machine Baking, chalked it up to food snobs who regarded the machine as “the electric equivalent of The Bridges of Madison County” in a 1996 article in The New York Times.

All it takes is a small amount of dough enhancer per loaf to create a much lighter and fluffier result. Using a dough enhancer like Vital Wheat Gluten works to improve the texture and elasticity of the dough and elongate the strands of gluten. Doing so allows more room for the gas in the dough to develop and rise.

Because of the short rise time, all recipes will require more yeast. That means that any lean bread you make will taste primarily like yeast since you haven't added anything else to cover the flavor.

Making bread from a machine is marginally cheaper than buying it, as long as you eat bread frequently enough to offset the cost of the appliance. Specifically, I see this as an investment that's smart for households that go through bread quickly, like large families or homes with multiple roommates.

Can I use milk instead of water in a bread machine? ›

Water is a common ingredient, but since many people use the timer on their bread machines, most recipes call for non-fat dry milk or powdered buttermilk. However, if you are mixing your dough right away, you can certainly use fresh milk. Simply replace the water with milk or buttermilk and omit the powdered milk.

The main objective is to keep as much air in the batter as possible. This will take at least one minute. You can see why sifting flour is important here as it would be near impossible to break up lumpy flour by mixing this batter gently.

The recipe combines milk, sugar, yeast, flour, and sometimes pineapple juice to add that delightful sweetness to the roll, and reflects the strong Portuguese influences in Hawaiian cuisine.

Years later, I moved to Hawaii where you can find malasadas everyday, Portuguese sausage at McDonalds, and Portuguese bean soup is in constant rotation. But while you can find Hawaiian sweet bread, you don't see Portuguese sweet bread. It turns out that they are basically the same thing.

It depends. Some instructions tell you to put wet ingredients in first, followed by dry ingredients. Others suggest you put the flour in, followed by salt and sugar, then wet ingredients, and finally the yeast. Almost all recipes will suggest you add the yeast last, otherwise, the dough won't rise quite as well.

Add your liquid ingredients first, then your dry ingredients, and finally your yeast, if you're using it. Then select the mode according to the type of bread. Start the bread machine and let it automatically mix and bake your bread. It may beep once to signal it's done mixing, and again to signal it's done baking.

The first ingredient on the ingredient list should state some type of whole grain. Some examples include “whole grain whole wheat” and “whole oats”. Whole grains contain all three parts of the grain. This means they have more fibre, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and protein compared to white bread.