This bread machine recipe for Spiced Molasses Bread is a smaller loaf, 1½ pounds, making it accessible for most bread machines. We make bread in our Zojirushi bread machine, which produces a standard-size loaf of bread in the 2 to 2½ pound range. The smaller loaves can come out a bit misshapen but still taste fine. If you notice this happening, you can gently shape the loaf and spread it out after the second kneading.
This is a sweeter loaf. It works with butter, savory, or sweet toppings. It reminds me a bit of the “sweet brown bread” served in their bread basket at a certain restaurant chain.
Spiced Molasses Bread
Ingredients:
- ¾ cup water*
- ¼ cup molasses
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter*
- 1 tsp fresh lemon peel, zested
- 3 cups all-purpose or bread flour (360 grams)
- 1 tsp fine sea salt
- 1 tsp dry ground ginger
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1½ tsp bread machine or quick-rising yeast
Directions:
Add the dry ingredients in the order your bread machine calls for.
*Our bread machine heats the liquids; if yours doesn’t heat the water to the temperature called for, let the butter melt in it before adding.
Set for a Basic/White cycle and a medium crust.
Once baked, remove, knock out, and let cool on a wire rack.
Store in a bread bag once cooled.
Makes one 1½ pound loaf.
~Sarah