butter bread

There's something about the smell of butter bread baking in the oven that makes one can't wait for the bread to be baked.

This is a simple recipe and yet, the bread rises so well, as you can see from the photographs.  I normally hesitate to bake bread that uses eggs in the recipe as often, the bread becomes dense but I love this loaf!

INGREDIENTS

50 ml low fat milk
50g butter (softened)
2 eggs (lightly beaten)
3 tbsp castor sugar
1 tsp salt
250g bread flour
2 tsp instant yeast

METHOD

1. Ad all the ingredients to the bucket of the breadmaker in the order in which the ingredients appear in the list above.

2. Place the bucket in the breadmaker and set to dough function.  Start the breadmaker.

3. When the dough is ready, turn the dough onto a floured board.

4. Using floured hands, knead the dough a few times.

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

6. Spread out the dough using your hands.

7. Cover the loaf pan with a dry cloth and leave for 1 hour to rise further.

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