Tomato and Bacon Bread (For Bread Machine)

"I've finally gotten the hang of making bread in the bread machine enough to make my own recipes. I designed this loaf specifically for grilled cheese sandwiches."
 
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Ready In:
3hrs 45mins
Ingredients:
14
Yields:
1 1.5 pound loaf
Serves:
10-12
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ingredients

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directions

  • Add all ingredients to bread machine pan in order given, unless directed otherwise by your machine's manufacturer. Bake on regular bread setting, light or medium color. For best loft and texture, remove immediately after baking cycle is complete (rather than let it auto-cool in the machine) and cool on wire rack. Makes a tall, 1 1/2 pound loaf.
  • Tips for success:

  • I prefer to measure my flour by weight because it's more accurate and MUCH easier/faster.
  • I've found that if I lie the slices of bacon on top of each other and slice them first into long strips then chop them into bits, it goes a LOT faster than just haphazardly chopping them. You get much more even bits much faster.
  • The single best key to successful bread machine baking is to babysit your doughball is it's forming. Let the machine work until the doughball forms, then let it work five more minutes and have another look at your doughball. Have some extra flour or extra milk handy should you need to adjust the moisture. Your doughball should be just formed enough that the paddle isn't smushing through the bottom of the ball, but not so dry that the ball just spins without touching the walls. (If it's really way too dry, the doughball won't form at all!) The optimal texture is a ball that spins but also smacks the walls of the pan, too. Once you have a firm grasp on what the optimal doughball looks like, and the basic proportions of liquid/flour/salt/sugar/yeast, you're free to wing it with recipes and invent your own.

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Reviews

  1. So super yummy! I made this bread as part of a sandwich buffet and it was gobbled up before all the rest. Can't wait to make it again! I will add more bacon, though, as the tomatoes overpowered it a bit.
     
  2. This bread is awesome! It's fantastic as grilled cheese but it's also good just toasted with butter. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.
     
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