Vegetable Bread

Photo: flickr user Mr Wabu

Ingredients

cup water reserved from steamed asparagus (or ot

tablespoon vegetable oil

tablespoon honey

teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon dried vegetable flakes

cup bread flour

teaspoon yeast

Preparation

Add all ingredients in order listed above. Be careful to avoid letting yeast get wet if you are using a timer for overnight baking.

Rave reviews..

From my Brunch Companions..it's hot here and this is just enough.. served it with a LovelyTuna Nicoise; and Pineapple for Dessert.

I had very good luck today adapting a white bread recipe from "The Bread Machine Cookbook II" by Donna German. I had steamed some wonderful fresh asparagus last night and wanted to make use of the greenish steaming water. I let it cool and used it for the water in the original recipe, plus added about a tablespoon of dried vegetable flakes. The bread got rave reviews at breakfast today.

Even my 6-year-old son, who normally finds flecks of anything in his food highly suspicious, said it was delicious.

This recipe isfor a "medium" loaf. It rises very nicely and made a light, sweet crust.