Gluten is the protein in flour that gives bread an airy, fluffy texture. Adding gluten to bread recipes, especially those that include whole grains, (e.g. whole wheat bread) makes the bread much more palatable. Gluten can be found in the baking section of many supermarkets.
White Bread
1 ½ cup water
1/3 cup oil
4 cup bread flour
2 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
2 ¼ tsp dry yeast
Place the ingredients in the bread pan, select the type of crust you prefer, and press start. In some machines, the quick version of the bread cycle allows a bread to be ready to eat in under 3 hours.
Whole Wheat Bread
1 ½ cup water
1/3 cup oil
4 cup whole wheat flour
4 Tablespoons gluten
2 tsp salt
2 Tablespoons sugar
3 tsp dry yeast
Select the whole wheat cycle of the bread machine, and press start.
Expedited Challah Recipe
Unfortunately you cannot make a bracha on 4 cups of flour, but you can make several batches, combining them to make a large enough dough for the bracha. Punch down each batch to keep it from rising too quickly while waiting for the next one.
1 ¼ cup water
1 large egg
1 /3 cup oil
4 cup bread flour
2 tsp salt
2 Tablespoons sugar
2 ¼ tsp dry yeast
1 egg for glaze
Put all the ingredients into the bread pan, and select the dough cycle. When the cycle is finished, shape the challos, and let rise again. Brush with beaten egg, and bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes, more or less depending on the size of the challa loaves.
Chocolate Chip Yeast Cake
Many bread machines have a dispenser for adding ingredients such as chocolate chips, raisins, etc. at the right time in the cycle. If these “add-in” ingredients are put in with the other ingredients, they get crushed into the dough, losing their texture. If the bread machine does not have a dispenser, you need to decide when to add the ingredients yourself, close to the end of the knead cycle.
1 cup soy milk
1 egg
¼ cup water
4 Tablespoon margarine, softened (or oil)
3 cup all purpose flour
¼ cup brown sugar
3 Tablespoon white sugar
2½ tsp dry yeast
1cup chocolate chips, to be placed in the dispenser, or added at the end of the knead cycle.
Place all the ingredients in the machine, choose the crust, and select white bread.