GNU - I dug out my old DAK Breadmaker recipe book which is the best Bread-Machine recipe book ever but you can't get them anymore. I treasure my copy!

Here's a really yummy bread recipe - DAK machines made 3 1/2 pound loaves. To make in a smaller machine, I have found that you should halve all the ingredients except the yeast which stays the same. Almost all DAK machine recipes call for 1 packet of yeast so just stick with that no matter what you do to the recipe.

California Dip Bread - for a 3 1/2 pond loaf
Cut recipe in half for 1 1/2 to 2 pound machine or use my substitutes
from the DAK recipe booklet - It's a bread that is supposed to approximate the taste of Onion Dip!

Ingredients

1 packet of yeast - (I use the whole packet)
3 1/2 cups of flour (for my machine I use 2 cups)
1/4 Teaspoon baking Soda (I use s scant 1/4 teaspoon)
1 Egg or 1/4 cup egg substitute (I use 1/8 cup egg beaters type stuff)
3/4 cup Cottage cheese (I use 1/2 cup pureed fat-free cottage cheese)
3/4 cup Sour Cream (I use 1/2 cup Low-fat Sour Cream not nonfat)
3 tablespoons Sugar (I use 2 tablespoons castor sugar)
1 1/2 Tablespoons butter at room temp (I use 1 Tablespoon)
1/4 cup water room temp (I use 1/8 cup)
1 envelope of Lipton's (Dry) Onion Soup Mix - (I keep the whole enevlope)


Add the first 4 ingredients in order listed. Slightly warm up the next 6 ingredients and pour in the pan. Select for White Bread Cycle and push Start.

Now, I find that mixing the last six ingredients together in a Microwave safe bowl and then heating them up to body temperature but no higher works well. So they should feel just a little warm if you stick your finger in them. Then I pour them in on top of the dry ingredients. On my machine I use White bread cycle and select DARK as the color option because mine undercooks a bit. if yours is OK, just use what you would normally use for a color setting.

This recipe is worth fiddling with to get the perfect proportions for your machine. it smells amazing while baking and makes a great bread for serving with dinner, any kind of meat or stew.