This bread machine bacon bread recipe creates a delicious bacon bit bread that is perfect for BLT sandwiches. It is also great for any other sandwich where you want to add a hint of bacon. This bread is a bacon lover’s dream!
Bread Machine Bacon Bread
The brown sugar in this recipe compliments the bacon flavor and adds a richer color to the bread. In addition, the oats help to create a slightly denser bread and add some healthy soluble fiber. Finally, the bacon bits add the wonderful flavor of bacon to this bread. You should also try using this homemade bacon bread with your next BLT (bacon, lettuce & tomato) sandwich. Double delicious bacon. It makes a tasty BLT even better!
Key Ingredient – Bacon Bits
Since this bacon bread recipe is done in a bread machine, it is simple & easy to make. It takes me roughly 5 minutes or so to prepare and then the bread machine does most of the hard work! FYI – You will find a printable and “pin-able” recipe at the bottom of the page.
Bread Machine – Bacon Bread (2 lb Setting)
- 1 1/3 Cups – Water (warm)
- 4 Tablespoons – Unsalted Butter (sliced & softened)
- 3 Cups – Bread Flour
- 1 Cup – One Minute Oatmeal
- 1/4 Cup – Light Brown Sugar (packed) – Use 2 tablespoons of brown sugar if you want to make a bread with less sugar.
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons – Salt
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons – Bread Machine Yeast (Instant Yeast)
- 4 Tablespoons – Bacon Bits – For even more bacon flavor, you can fry up some bacon and cut it into small bits. Regular bacon has a lot more flavor than packaged bacon bits.
Servings – Roughly 12 slices
Equipment Needed – Measuring cup & spoons, soft flexible spatula, oven mitts, cooling rack… and of course, a bread machine!
Sprinkle Bacon Bits on Top of Dough after Final Kneading Cycle
Instructions – Bread Machine Bacon Bread
- Bread Machine Settings – 2 pound loaf, light color and ”basic/white” bread setting.
- Unplug bread machine and remove bread pan.
- Slice the butter in 4 chunks & then soften the butter chunks in a microwave. FYI – I like to partially melt my butter.
- Add all ingredients (except the bacon bits) starting with the water into the bread machine “bucket” (loaf pan). Place the bread machine yeast in last and the yeast should not touch the water & salt (until the bread machine is turned on and the ingredients start to be mixed together).
- Place the bread pan back into the bread machine and plug in bread machine.
- Enter the correct settings (2lb, light color and basic/white bread) and press “start” button.
- After the bread machine has finished its FIRST kneading cycle, add the bacon bits. You can add them with the other ingredients but the bacon bits will be more broken up and very small if they go through two kneading cycles. Wear oven mitts.
- After the bread machine has finished its FINAL kneading cycle and before the baking cycle starts, gently sprinkle on some bacon bits on top of the dough. Wear oven mitts.
- After the bread machine has finished baking the bread, remove the bread and place it on a wire cooling rack. Use oven mitts when removing the bread machine container as it will be very hot!
- Let the bread cool on the cooling rack for 1 to 2 hours before cutting.
- In my bread machine, the baking takes about 3 hours for a 2 pound bread at the light color & basic bread settings. However, some machines can differ and you don’t want to be away from home when the bread machine “finished” alarm goes off! Your bread machine should show you the length of the baking time after you have entered the settings into the machine. This will allow you to know when to be in the kitchen in order to remove the bread.
- Please read the tips section below for extra information on how to make this recipe successfully & to avoid common bread making problems.
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Tips – Bread Machine Bacon Bread
- The tips below are designed to help bread machine “novices” and those who haven’t touched their bread machine in years.
- Click on this “print recipe” link if you want to print out this recipe. It includes all of the recipe’s ingredients and instructions. However, the recipe print function does not include my tips section. Please read the tips section in order to avoid common recipe problems.
- This recipe is part of Bread Dad’s series on easy Bread Machine Recipes such as banana bread, multigrain bread, oatmeal bread and whole wheat bread.
- Bacon bits come in many varieties and flavors. You can even find vegetarian bacon bits – made from soy!
- If you want to see the bacon bits inside the bread, you should make sure to add the bacon bits after the first kneading and before the final kneading. If you add them before the first kneading cycle, the bacon bits could be broken into very small bits.
- As I stated above – For even more bacon flavor, you can fry up some bacon and cut it into small bits. Regular bacon has a lot more flavor than packaged bacon bits.
- Be aware that some packaged bacon bit products have a mild flavor so the bacon flavor will be less noticeable.
- Moreover, bacon bits can lose their flavor and bacon smell over time. Old bacon bits are less effective in making this bacon bread.
- Visitors – Did you use packaged bacon bits or fry up your own bacon? Please post your bacon tips & ideas in the comment section below.
- You should use dry oatmeal to make this bread (don’t use already cooked/boiled oatmeal). Boiled oatmeal has varying amounts of moisture and could mess up the recipe. If you use boiled oatmeal, the bread might have too much liquid (versus what is called for in the recipe) and come out undercooked.
- If you don’t have or want oatmeal, you can replace the oatmeal with bread flour.
- Many bakers like to make an indent in the top of the flour in order to hold the bread machine yeast in place (looks sort of like a small flour volcano with a yeast crater). This is done to prevent the yeast from falling into the liquid ingredients (and activating prematurely) and/or coming into contact with the salt until the bread machine is turned on.
- You should let your bread COMPLETELY cool down before slicing. If you try cutting bread while it is still warm, you will squash & compress the bread and interfere with the bread slowly releasing the steam/water vapor from the interior. Premature slicing can negatively impact the bread by making the bread more gummy. FYI – It can take 1 to 2 hours for a bread to completely cool.
- Do not overbake your sandwich bread!! As soon as the bread machine done, you should remove the pan from the machine and then remove the bread from the pan. This applies to most sandwich breads made with a bread machine but always follow the recipe’s instructions for the best results.
- Do not forget the bread & let it sit in the bread machine or pan after the machine has finished baking. The residual heat will continue to bake the bread, drying it out and the loaf will turn into a rock!!
- Cool your bread on a wire cooling rack. This type of rack allows moisture to escape via all the sides of the bread (including the bottom of the loaf). FYI – A lot of moisture escapes through the paddle hole in the bottom of the bread.
- If you place bread on a cutting board or plate to cool down, the bottom of the loaf will become soggy. The escaping moisture has nowhere to go and is trapped by the plate/cutting board. This means that the bottom of your bread just sits in the trapped moisture.
- If your bread comes out too dense, it is likely due to one of the following reasons; You are using old or stale yeast, using a cold refrigerator temperature liquid (which slows yeast growth), baking in a cold winter temperature kitchen (yeast likes kitchen temps of 75-80 degree F), using all purpose flour (versus bread flour as called for in the recipe), placing salt on top of or next to the yeast (salt kills yeast so it must be placed away from the yeast in the bread pan), etc. For more reasons, you should visit Bread Dad’s Why Is My Bread Machine Bread So Dense? page.
- Having trouble with bread collapses & misshapen bread tops? Make sure to read Bread Dad’s article on Bread Machine Bread Collapses. It has reasons and solutions to potential bread collapses.
- For information on other possible errors, please visit my Common Bread Machine Mistakes page.
- If you haven’t used your bread machine in a long time, please buy some new bread machine yeast before making your bread. Old yeast can die or lose its potency and this will lead to bread that does not rise properly. Bread machine yeast may not be viable if it has been sitting in your pantry for years.
- If you don’t put in the exact measurements (esp. for the flour & liquids), the mixture might be too dry or too wet when the bread machine is kneading the dough. If the mixture is too dry, you can add a couple of tablespoons of water (or milk) and see if that corrects the issue. If not, you can try adding a couple more tablespoons until the dough is the right consistency. If the mixture is too wet, you can add a couple tablespoons of flour. FYI – The mix shouldn’t look like a desert or soup after several minutes of kneading.
- If you have a problem with a “basic” bread machine recipe, please make sure that you are following the recipe exactly (e.g. using the correct bread machine settings), using the correct amount of an ingredient (e.g. don’t eyeball the measurements versus using a measurement cup or accidentally add a tablespoon when a teaspoon is called for), using the correct ingredients (e.g. bread machine yeast versus regular yeast or bread flour versus all purpose flour), etc. Please don’t “wing” things with recipes.
- Please read your bread machine manufacturer’s instructions for information on how to use your bread machine safely and effectively. The manufacturer instructions will help you to master working with your specific bread machine model.
- Always wear oven mitts/gloves when dealing with a bread machine. The bread pan and the rest of the bread machine can get very hot during the baking process. This means that the bread pan and bread machine is likely to be very hot when you attempt to remove a baked good from the bread machine and/or bread pan.
- For more easy bread machine recipes (e.g. white bread, banana bread, cornbread, and whole wheat bread), please visit Bread Dad’s Bread Machine Recipes section.
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Bread Machine – Bacon Bread Questions
What are bacon bits made out of?
Bacon bits are generally made of cooked bacon, salt, chemical preservatives and flavorings. The bacon bit meat is usually from pork but some bacon bit products are made from other meats such as turkey. You can even find vegetarian bacon bits – made from soy. Please read the label of the bacon bits product in order to learn more about the ingredients added to each brand.
What is veggie bacon made out of?
Veggie bacon is usually made from soybean products (e.g. soy flour). However, veggie bacon can also be made from other ingredients such as coconut. Please read the product label in order to make sure of the ingredients in the veggie bacon that you might be buying. You can find veggie bacon strips, veggie bacon bits, etc.
For more information on vegetarian bacon, you might like to read this Wikipedia article.
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Bread Machine – Bacon Bread
This bread machine bacon bread recipe creates a flavorful bacon bit bread that is perfect for BLT sandwiches. It is also great for any other sandwich where you want to add a hint of bacon. This bread is a bacon lover’s dream! This bacon bread machine recipe creates a 2 lb bread loaf.
Servings: 12 Slices
Calories: 193kcal
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 Cups Water (warm)
- 4 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter (sliced & softened)
- 3 Cups Bread Flour
- 1 Cup One Minute Oatmeal
- 1/4 Cup Light Brown Sugar
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons Salt
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons Bread Machine Yeast (instant yeast)
- 4 Tablespoons Bacon Bits
Instructions
- Bread Machine Settings – 2 pound loaf, light color and ”basic/white” bread setting.
- Unplug bread machine and remove bread pan.
- Slice the butter in 4 chunks & then soften the butter chunks in a microwave. FYI – I like to partially melt my butter.
- Add all ingredients (except the bacon bits) starting with the water into the bread machine “bucket” (loaf pan). Place the bread machine yeast in last and the yeast should not touch the water & salt (until the bread machine is turned on and the ingredients start to be mixed together).
- Place the bread pan back into the bread machine and plug in bread machine.
- Enter the correct settings (2lb, light color and basic) and press "start" button.
- After the bread machine has finished its FIRST kneading cycle, add the bacon bits. You can add them with the other ingredients but the bacon bits will be more broken up and very small if they go through two kneading cycles. Wear oven mitts.
- After the bread machine has finished its FINAL kneading cycle and before the baking cycle starts, gently sprinkle on some bacon bits on top of the dough. Wear oven mitts.
- After the bread machine has finished baking the bread, remove the bread and place it on a wire cooling rack. Use oven mitts when removing the bread machine container as it will be very hot!
- Let the bread cool on the cooling rack for 1-2 hours before cutting.
- In my Sunbeam bread machine, the baking takes about 3 hours for a 2 pound bread at the light color & basic bread settings. However, some machines can differ and you don’t want to be away from home when the bread machine “finished” alarm goes off! Your bread machine should show you the length of the baking time after you have entered the settings into the machine. This will allow you to know when to be in the kitchen in order to remove the bread.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 193kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 337mg | Potassium: 70mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 117IU | Vitamin C: 0.05mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg
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