Ingredients

  • 280 ml warm water (approx 38 celsius)
  • 10 g powdered milk (approx 1 generous Tblsp)
  • 400 g white bread flour (16 oz or 3 cups)
  • 15 g granulated sugar (1 Tblsp)
  • 10 g corn oil (1 Tblsp) or 10 g sunflower oil (1 Tblsp)
  • 5 g salt (1 Tsp)
  • 3 12 g bread machine yeast (1 Tsp, ever so slightly raised)
  • 55 g red peppers, well chopped (about 2/3 of a rather small one)
  • 20 g red onions, sliced & chopped (about 1/2 of a very small one)
  • 1 dash fresh ground black pepper (to taste or optional)
  • 13 teaspoon dried garlic granules (to taste or optional)

Method

  • Place bread machine pan on electronic scales and weigh in / add the ingredients.
  • (280ml water weighs 280g).
  • Replace pan in bread machine and start on suitable cycle - I favour the wholemeal cycle with a dark crust as it has the longest rise time but still has a beep for adding ingredients plus I like my bread to be crusty.
  • Machines vary but the raisin bread setting should also be fine.
  • Whilst the machine is kneading, chop and prepare the red pepper & red onion into a small bowl and season to taste with a little fresh ground black pepper, a very generous dash of dried (or fresh) garlic (possibly some basil/oregano if you fancy it herby, and paprika if you *really* love it spicy!
  • ).
  • Add the pepper & onion a bit at a time during the last five minutes of the final knead (my machine does its beep five minutes before the end of the final (second) knead) as there is a lot of liquid in these fresh ingredients and if you add them all at once it would make the dough rather too wet.
  • Basically add about half of them at the beep and the other half a few minutes later.
  • Enjoy!
  • (Time listed includes total kneading, rising & baking time).