Portuguese White Bread - Bread Machine

Portuguese White Bread - Bread Machine
Recipe Number: 1423
Contributor: bettyinthekitchen

Serves:
Calories Per Serving:
Preparation Time:
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients:

3/4 cup (1 cup) [1 1/4 cups] water
2 T (3 T) [1/4 cup] butter or margarine
2 tsp (1 T) [1 T] sugar
3/4 tsp (1 tsp) [1 1/2 tsp] salt
2 cups (3 cups) [3 1/2 cups] bread flour (or all-purpose)
1 tsp (1 1/2 tsp) [2 tsp] yeast

Cooking Instructions:

Layer in bread machine per manufacturer's instructions. Select the basic or rapid cycle.

First column ingredients makes one small loaf, second column in parentheses makes medium loaf, third column in brackets makes large loaf.

High Altitude: Reduce the yeast by about 1/8 tsp and select the rapid cycle.

Additional Comments:

A very light-colored, airy bread. Slightly difficult to cut while hot ? but who can wait until it cools? Tastes a lot like the ?fresh at 4pm? bread that you get from the bakery ? DELICIOUS!
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