As Easy as Apple Pie

The husband is back with yet another bread-making experiment.

--The Faudie
This is going to be a quick post, as (for a change) nothing really went wrong during the making of this bread! Angela chose the recipe from The Bread Machine Cookbook, and the boy and I put it together with no problems and not even much of a mess. We must be getting the hang of this bread-making thing!

That, or we just got lucky for a change. Either way, I'm satisfied!

Here's the recipe:

Apple Chunk Bread2/3 C milk
2 T vegetable oil
1 1/2 T sugar
1/2 t cinnamon
1 t salt
2 C bread flour
1 t yeast
1/2 medium apple, peeled and diced

1. Place ingredients into bread machine in the order suggested by the machine's manufacturer.
   
2. Select the Sweet or Basic option on the machine, then start the cycle.
3. Add apple at the beginning of the second kneading cycle.
   

Yield: One 1-pound loaf

Nutritional Info
Not provided.

Okay, I'll admit this wasn't a perfect execution of this recipe. Somehow we ended up using a whole apple rather than half of one. I'd say that mistake didn't make a difference, but the bread did fail to rise in any significant way. Whether or not that was the result of including too much apple, I can't say.

As for the taste, the cookbook's author promises that "you'll think you're eating an apple pie." I wouldn't go that far. I found the apple and cinnamon flavors to be somewhat subtle. Maybe it's a good thing we included as much apple as we did.

The author is correct, however, when she recommends that the bread be served warm--this is one of those loaves that you want to eat whole right out of the bread machine. (But then, most breads are, I've found. Warm bread straight from the machine is hard to resist.)

It's as easy as...well, you know