coffee bread

Have you ever bought instant coffee powder that some in very large sachets and are too much for one cup of coffee? I have a suggestion for you - use some of the instant coffee powder to bake a loaf of coffee bread and add hot water to the rest of the instant coffee powder to make a nice cup of coffee.

If you want the bread to have a very strong flavour of coffee, I would recommend that you double the proportion of instant coffee powder that I have provided in this recipe. Otherwise, do stick to the recipe if you just want a hint of the coffee flavour.

This bread complements a cup of hot coffee. Ooh-la-la....

INGREDIENTS

150 ml low fat milk
3 tbsp brown sugar
1 egg (lightly beaten)
3/4 tsp salt
4 tsp instant coffee powder - I use hazelnut flavoured 3-in-1 white coffee
2 tsp milk powder
50g butter (softened)
6 tbsp chopped walnuts
2 cups bread flour
2 tsp instant dry yeast

METHOD

1. Place all the ingredients (except the bread flour and the yeast) in the bucket of the breadmaker machine.

2. Add the bread flour, making sure that all the wet ingredients are totally covered.

3. Add the yeast.

4. Place the bucket in the breadmaker machine and set to "dough" cycle. Start the cycle.

5. When the "dough" cycle has been completed, turn the dough onto a floured board. Using floured hands, knead the dough 5 times.

6. Place the dough in a loaf pan that has been greased and lined with baking paper.

7. Cover the loaf pan with a damp cloth and leave for 1 hour or until the dough has doubled in size.

8. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees celsius for 30 minutes.