Bread Machine Apple Chunk Bread Recipes

APPLE CHUNK BREAD FOR THE BREAD MACHINE

Steps:

• Put the first 7 ingredients in the pan in the order suggested by the manufacturer. Set for a medium crust.
• At the beep add the peeled and diced apples.

APPLE BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Add all the ingredients except the apples in a bowl. Add the mixture into the pan of the bread machine.
• Select the required "dough cycle" and push start. Check the dough after 5 minutes.
• Add the apple pieces 5 to 10 minutes before the ending of the last kneading cycle.

CINNAMON RAISIN AND APPLE BREAD (ABM / MACHINE)

Steps:

• Remove pan from bread machine and place on electronic scales and zero them.
• Pour in the water (240ml water weighs 240 grams) and weigh in the rest of the dough ingredients in order.
• Replace the pan in the bread machine and start machine on a raisin or equivalent 'speciality' setting. I prefer 'normal' crust for this.
• In small bowl weigh the raisins and dried mixed citrus peel. Add the spices and mix together.
• Into a second small bowl, peel about 1/3 of an average size eating apple (I usually have Braeburn apples handy but pretty much any apple is fine except the tasteless ones like Golden Delicious and Gala). Chop into small chunks somewhere between roughly 1/4 and 1/3 inch in size. Once in the bowl, sprinkle with another teaspoon of ground cinnamon and stir with spoon to cover the bits well (to take the moistness off the sides of apple bits so they mix in better).
• Add dried fruit & spice mix at 4 minutes before end of final kneading or at the beep if you trust your machine not to mash the fruit like mine always does. (My LG machine beeps nine minutes before end of final kneading which is far too soon - it can reduce dried fruit to the size of grains of sugar during that time!).
• If you trust your machine not to mash the apple then you could maybe add it a minute or so before kneading finishes. I don't trust mine in the slightest so here's what I do --
• Wash hands in very cold water and dry well just before the final kneading completes then --.
• -- when kneading has completed, quickly add the chopped apple and quickly mix it well by hand. (Shouldn't need to remove pan from bread machine to do this (unless it's in an awkward place! :).
• Slightly more stuff to do for this loaf than usual, but it's absolutely worth it!