Recipes

[RinaRina]

Ha!  You're right!

The KNEADING ruined the bread.
As per these directions I just found . . .
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"you want to be careful not to over-mix the batter, as this can cause your bread to be tough."

Good!  Less work for me.
Will update over the weekend and let you know what happened.
THANKS everyone!

[Group 5 minus 1]

Never mind. Enjoy your bread.

[PinkyPetunia]

Your 2 ingredient bread is what I call a "quick bread" like a muffin is.  A bread machine ruined it.  Just stir it up in a bowl with a spoon or spatula and that's it.

I encourange you to try a real yeast  bread in your machine.  It is not hard and fresh made real bread is delicious.  Only drawback is it goes stale fast due to no preservatives.  

[Sooner]

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@RinaRina wrote:

I bought a bread maker so I could make my own bread;  two-ingredient bread specifically.
(Yogurt & self rising flour)

I've tried regular yogurt and greek yogurt, but both breads are very chewy like dumplings.
What am I doing wrong?
AND ... what bread setting should I use?
The bread maker I bought does not have a setting for 2-ingredient bread.

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@RinaRina I have owned bread machines since 1992, and no, I would not make this is a bread machine unless it has a cycle or instructions say "quick bread."

The bread machine is trying to make a long-processed bread that is kneaded (making a sticky and gluten enhanced dough) and rises (a cycle that warms the bread and lets it rest to develop gases that leave holes in the dough to make it rise from the gas produced in this cycle).

Nothing about this process is conducive to a batter, for a quick bread, rather than a dough.  So just put your two ingredients in a bowl, get out a hand mixer or make it in a regular mixer, beat the batter a few minutes to combine, pour it in a baking pan and bake.  

[shoesnbags]

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@Sooner wrote:

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@RinaRina wrote:

I bought a bread maker so I could make my own bread;  two-ingredient bread specifically.
(Yogurt & self rising flour)

I've tried regular yogurt and greek yogurt, but both breads are very chewy like dumplings.
What am I doing wrong?
AND ... what bread setting should I use?
The bread maker I bought does not have a setting for 2-ingredient bread.

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@RinaRina I have owned bread machines since 1992, and no, I would not make this is a bread machine unless it has a cycle or instructions say "quick bread."

The bread machine is trying to make a long-processed bread that is kneaded (making a sticky and gluten enhanced dough) and rises (a cycle that warms the bread and lets it rest to develop gases that leave holes in the dough to make it rise from the gas produced in this cycle).

Nothing about this process is conducive to a batter, for a quick bread, rather than a dough.  So just put your two ingredients in a bowl, get out a hand mixer or make it in a regular mixer, beat the batter a few minutes to combine, pour it in a baking pan and bake.  

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@Sooner  She just announced up above that she doesn't own an oven!

[shoesnbags]

@RinaRina 

What's the return policy on that bread machine?  Since you have no oven, your money would probably be better spent on a small countertop oven instead.  You could use it to bake your 2 ingredient bread as well as a lot of other things.

[Icegoddess]

Some bread machines have a cake setting.  Maybe that would work.  I've never understood why one would want to make cake in a bread machine, but I guess some do.

[Sooner]

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@shoesnbags wrote:

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@Sooner wrote:

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@RinaRina wrote:

I bought a bread maker so I could make my own bread;  two-ingredient bread specifically.
(Yogurt & self rising flour)

I've tried regular yogurt and greek yogurt, but both breads are very chewy like dumplings.
What am I doing wrong?
AND ... what bread setting should I use?
The bread maker I bought does not have a setting for 2-ingredient bread.

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@RinaRina I have owned bread machines since 1992, and no, I would not make this is a bread machine unless it has a cycle or instructions say "quick bread."

The bread machine is trying to make a long-processed bread that is kneaded (making a sticky and gluten enhanced dough) and rises (a cycle that warms the bread and lets it rest to develop gases that leave holes in the dough to make it rise from the gas produced in this cycle).

Nothing about this process is conducive to a batter, for a quick bread, rather than a dough.  So just put your two ingredients in a bowl, get out a hand mixer or make it in a regular mixer, beat the batter a few minutes to combine, pour it in a baking pan and bake.  

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@Sooner  She just announced up above that she doesn't own an oven!

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@shoesnbags She needs a toaster oven/convection oven not a bread maker.  

[Sooner]

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@Icegoddess wrote:

Some bread machines have a cake setting.  Maybe that would work.  I've never understood why one would want to make cake in a bread machine, but I guess some do.

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@Icegoddess I have made cake in mine, but it sure isn't a great way to make cake. 

[shoekitty]

I used to make bread all the time for years in my zoshushi bread maker. I used all of Donna- Rathmel -Germans bread cook books.  She has many in there, and they were good.  the one I made was with sour cream. The trick is to use the whole milk products. You need the fat. Greek yogurt  might not have the fat content.  Anyway, I have made 2 ingredient Biscuits from Nathalie Dupree southern biscuit cook book and omg! to die for angel light, tall flavorful biscuits!!!  With her the trick is the flour because their is a difference in flours. The 2 ingredient biscuit I made was with cream and White Lily flour. Barely touching it to mix ingredients.