Old Fashion Molasses Bread

Ingredients

1 5/8 cups water

4 cups bread flour

3 tablespoons butter or margarine

2 tablespoons dry milk

cup molasses

3 teaspoons active dry yeast

2 teaspoons salt

Preparation

Place ingredients in the bread machine pan in the order suggested by the machine's manufacturer. Select Dough or White Bread setting, and then Start.

If the dough does not form a ball on the paddle, add 1 tablespoon of flour at a time until the ball forms. Allow machine to complete selected cycle.

To bake conventionally, remove the dough from the bread machine pan after the Dough cycle has completed. Shape into a loaf, and place in a greased 9- by 5-inch loaf pan. Let rise until doubled. Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes.

This recipe yields a 2 pound loaf.

Comments: Old fashioned New England flavor using a bread machine! You can mix the bread in the machine then bake it in the regular oven using your favorite pans.

Yield: 1 loaf