78 Reviews of Awesome Homemade Crusty Bread (Bread Machine)

From: KC_Cooker

On Aug 7, 2005

I'm constantly amazed by how many fantastic bread recipes there are out there! This one is up near the top of my favorites. It's an excellent basic white bread with soft texture and delicious flavor. I used butter flavor crisco, had to add just a tad more water to the machine because the flour was sticking to the side. Instead of baking in my bread machine, I used the dough cycle, then took the dough out, let it rise again and baked in my 350 degree oven for 25 minutes. Perfection!

From: Whsky Grl

On Jan 24, 2004

This bread is AWESOME! So light and airy on the inside and crusty outside. I've tried alot of bread machine recipes and this is one of my most favorites. Thanks so much for sharing this! Just a note I set my machine to light crust.

From: barbacious

On Mar 19, 2004

The texture of this bread was fine and soft. It looked a lot like storebought sandwich bread. This is probably the best white bread I have ever made in my bread machine. I will probably try to halve the recipe and bake 2 loaves in the oven because in my bread machine the loaf came out too tall to be used for sandwiches. Very good!!!

From: CobraLimes

On Dec 16, 2004

Incredible! A perfectly fluffy texture with a crisp crust and simple white bread taste. As basic a recipe as possible with such ease in preparing and with ingredients on hand. My bread machine called for 2 1/4 tsps. of yeast (equivalent to a package) and that yielded a beautifully high and well-textured bread. Thanks for a winning recipe!

From: 000

On Sep 27, 2005

Made this again, used margarine for the shortening, milk for the water and honey for the sugar. Excellent! — Sep 24, 2005

From: Tornado Ali

On Aug 2, 2005

Wow, how is this simple recipe so darned better than other bread recipes? I only have a 1 lb. machine, so I adjusted the ingredients, and the risen bread just barely missed bumping into the top of my machine! So beautifully high, and crisp on the outside, fluffy as air on the inside...this IS our regular bread from now on!

From: TCErrands

On Feb 14, 2009

Finally! Finally! A bread maker recipe that works!!! I was going to give up on the thing, thinking it didn't work, or at best, it made crappy bread. For those frustrated with their bread makers and the quality, DON'T GIVE UP! Try this recipe. It worked and it was so easy. The bread was delicious. It was crusty on the outside, super, super light and NOT dense on the inside like the other bread recipes. I used 1 cup whole wheat flour and 1 1/2 cups bread flour. And 2 1/2 teaspoons of the bread maker yeast. I keep this refrigerated. I was SO, SO happy. It is awesome!!!

From: Jim in Washington

On Mar 9, 2004

Great recipe. I had to adjust yeast down to 2 tsp for our machine. It has since become ourstandard loaf. I made some killer croutons out of it today. Thank you Marie for posting it. Jim Elliott

From: Trickey

On Feb 16, 2004

My family can't seem to get enough of this bread. For added crispness, I brushed the loaf with melted butter and sesame seed and baked it in the oven at 425 degrees for 5 minutes. It's sooo delicious!!

From: Bev

On Mar 19, 2004

Nice white bread recipe. My loaf did not get as crusty as I had expected. Good flavor and texture.