Oster Bread Machine Recipes

Oster bread machine recipes could be too limiting for some people so you can get other bread machine cook books to hel you out.I recommend The "Better Homes and Gardens Biggest Book of Bread Machine Recipes" is fantastic. You will learn a great deal about this machine on how to use the exact ingredients is critical , try always add ingredients in the order suggested, the loaves come out of the pan easier if it is sprayed with cooking oil before adding ingredients you will learn how to use the light crust setting is best for all kinds of loaves I also recommend using 1 1/2 pound loaf recipes to start with. After using the Oster bread machine few times you hardly if ever consult a recipe book. You start putting approximately 1.25 to 1.5 cups of liquid, 2.5 tsp yeast, 1 to 4 tbs sugar, .5 to 1.5 tsp salt, and about 4 cups of flour or other dry fillers (oatmeal, cornmeal, etc.) into the bucket, start the kneading, and adjust wet/dry ingredients as needed to get a good dough consistency. I won't stop experimenting because some of my best loaves have resulted from blind tosses into the mixer. Those are extra special because they are unique one-time breads.

Here are a few tips  You can do along the way while using the oster bread machine recipes :

1) Allow even the worst loaf to "cook" at least partially if not completely; -even if it looks like you'll be putting it directly into the trash. The reason: Clean up will be easier if the outide edge in contact with the machine is cooked. Just be sure to monitor the deformed loaf as it cooks.

2) If you've had a few failures in a row, take a little extra time to evaluate why. The manual for the bread machine (and most bread making books) have trouble shooting guides to help you here.

3) When you first use the bread machine, you really should use the recipes in the manual or the tested ones found in "published" bread machine cookbooks. Ones on internet websites are untested and can be hit-or-miss. After you've made a few loafs from tried-and-true recipes, you'll have the experience you need to make adjustments to unbalanced "amature" recipes, and to make your own unique blends too.

4) What do I do with all the bread? easy, always sample each loaf right out of the machine then, after it has cooled, I slice it and freeze it for lunches throughout the week.

5) Remember, this breadmaker is just a bucket, with a kneading arm and a heating element. The machine is not at fault if the loaf doesn't come out right.  After few experiments, you start trying your own Oster bread machine recipes.