Steakhouse Wheat Bread for the Bread Machine

I wouldn’t change anything. I’m a novice bread machine user and this is the first bread I’ve made in it. It was easy to follow and it came out perfectly! I was hesitant to try it since there were some mixed reviews but from my limited research, I would say if it came out bad, then either the setting was wrong for the bread (make sure you use the white bread/basic setting even though it’s wheat bread technically, also I used light crust), the loaf size was wrong (I used 1.5 lb and it was perfect), or the ingredients were layered wrong. The recipe says to do liquid first then dry on top but your machine may call for the opposite so you need to read the manual. Also, the yeast cannot touch the liquid when you put it in. My machine manual said to put in the flour then dig a little well type of thing in the flour to sit the yeast in. The bread came out soft inside and nice crunchy outside crust. The flavor is really nice too. It’s the type of bread you want to keep eating, great accompaniment to dinner. :) I followed the recipe exactly with the same exact ingredients as listed and it was perfect. I will continue making this bread pretty often!

I added a full tablespoon of yeast to make the loaf lighter. Did not affect the taste.

I made this in my older (like 20 years old) Breadman machine. It worked perfectly! I did adjust the recipe after changing the serving size on Allrecipes to 12 because my machine is for 1.50 pound loaves. I used coffee instead of the water, and I used honey instead of molasses. I also used Red Star cake yeast, which was odd to use and smells very funny (!) but worked out surprisingly well. We thought it tasted like Outback’s version of the bread, so everyone approves!

I could tell this would be a great recipe based on the submitter’s description and the ingredient list. I made it exactly to specifications and was very pleased with the results.

I had to tweak this recipe to make a 2-lb. loaf. As you can tell from my picture, it turned out great!