Make your own delicious walnut bread machine mix to have on hand for creating a simple breakfast or snack bread. The bread offers a touch of sweetness with just a dab of honey and crunchy walnuts, perfect for toasting.
Walnut Bread Machine Mix
For a 1 pound Loaf you’ll need:
2 c. Bread Flour*
2 Tbs Sugar
3/4 tsp salt
2 Tbs Dry Milk
1/4 c. + 1 Tbs chopped Walnuts
Combine all of the ingredients in a ziploc bag, mixing well to combine. Write the following instructions on the bag:
To Make bread (1 pound):
1/2 c. + 1 Tbs Water
1 Tbs. Honey
1 Egg
2 Tbs. Butter
1 tsp Yeast
1 pkg of mix (as listed above)
Pour Water into the bread machine pan, add 1 Tbs Honey, 1 egg
Gently dump the contents of the bread machine mix onto the water
add 2 Tbs butter (or margarine) to the corners of the bread pan on top of the flour mix.
In the center of the mix, make a small well, add 1 tsp yeast.
Set the bread machine to the Basic (1 pound) loaf, with the desired bread crust color of your choice (light, med, dark).
Walnut Bread Machine Mix For a 2.5 pound Loaf:
You’ll Need
4 1/2 cups bread flour*
5 Tbs Dry Powdered Milk
4 Tbs Sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
3/4 c. Finely Chopped Walnuts
Combine all of the ingredients in a Ziploc bag, mixing well to combine. Write the following instructions on the bag:
To make bread:
1 pkg Mix (as listed above)
1 1/2 c. + 1 Tbs Water
2 Tbs Honey
1 egg
5 Tbs Butter
1 1/2 tsp Yeast
Pour 1 1/2 c. + 1 Tbs Water (80F) into the bread machine pan, Add 2 Tbs Honey, 1 egg
Gently dump the contents of the bread machine mix onto the Water/Honey.
add 5 Tbs butter (or margarine) to the corners of the bread pan on top of the flour mix.
In the center of the mix, make a small well, add 1 1/2 tsp Bread Machine/ Fast rise Yeast
Set the bread machine to the Basic (2.5 pound) loaf, with the desired bread crust color of your choice (light, med, dark).
*Bread Flour– Bread flour contains more gluten than regular all purpose flour. However, you can use all purpose flour in its place if you also add 1 tsp of Vital Wheat Gluten PER Cup of flour. So for 3 cups of all purpose flour, you would also add 3 tsp of gluten. For 4 cups of all purpose flour, you would add 4 tsp of gluten. Wheat gluten is available in the baking aisle of most grocery stores (usually above the flour). It comes in a small box and should be stored in the fridge for increased longevity.
Bread Machine Note: The Bread machine that I used for the bread (displayed in the photo) is the West Bend High Rise (dual paddle) model. Although this recipe should work fine in any Bread Machine.
Don’t have a Bread machine?- Here are the directions for making it by hand or by a mixer.
