Old Fashion Molasses Bread

This is an old-fashioned molasses bread recipe with New England flavor! I mix the dough in the bread machine and then bake it in the regular oven using my favorite pan.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 234 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons butter
• ⅓ cup molasses
• 2 tablespoons dry milk powder
• 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
• 4 cups bread flour
• 1 ⅝ cups water

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

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

Step 3

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.

Step 4

To bake conventionally, grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan. Remove dough from the bread machine pan after the Dough cycle has been completed. Shape into a loaf, and place in the prepared pan. Let rise until doubled.

Step 5

Bake in preheated oven until top is golden brown, about 40 minutes. Carefully tip loaf out of pan onto a work surface and gently tap bottom of loaf. If it sounds hollow, bread is done.