This bread machine rosemary bread recipe makes a great tasting bread with tons of Italian flavor. In addition, this bread smells fantastic coming out of the bread machine. You get the combined smell of rosemary AND freshly made bread. Your kitchen will smell wonderful!! This may be our best smelling bread machine recipe.
Bread Machine Rosemary Bread – Delicious & Smells Great!!
According to Wikipedia, rosemary “is an aromatic evergreen shrub… native to the Mediterranean and Asia”. In addition, “Rosemary leaves are used as a flavoring in foods, such as stuffing and roast lamb, pork, chicken, and turkey. Fresh or dried leaves are used in traditional Mediterranean cuisine. They have a bitter, astringent taste and a characteristic aroma which complements many cooked foods”. Okay, enough internet knowledge! Back to great food. Rosemary is a great smelling herb used in many delicious Italian & Mediterranean dishes. It is perfect for providing bread with a wonderful smell & taste.
Optional – To make this bread look even more “authentic”, I sprinkled a tiny bit of rosemary on the top of the dough after the machine had finished kneading and before the baking had commenced (see pictures below). Don’t sprinkle too much rosemary because you don’t want the rosemary flavor to overwhelm things. For more great recipes, please visit Bread Dad’s main Bread Machine Recipes section. Bread Dad also has a printable and “pin-able” recipe at the bottom of the page.
Picture of Dried Rosemary
Bread Machine – Rosemary Bread – Ingredients for a 2 lb Bread Loaf
- 1 1/2 Cups – Milk (warm) – 345 milliliters
- 4 Tablespoons – Unsalted Butter (sliced & softened) – 57 grams
- 3 Cups – Bread Flour – 360 grams
- 1 Cup – One Minute Oatmeal (or use 1 cup of bread flour if you do not have oatmeal) – 90 grams
- 6 Teaspoons – White Granulated Sugar (use only 2 teaspoons if you want a low sugar bread) – 24 grams
- 1 Tablespoon – Onion Powder – 15 milliliters
- 1 Tablespoon – Dried Rosemary – 15 milliliters
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons – Salt – 7.5 milliliters
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons – Bread Machine Yeast – 7.5 milliliters
Servings – Roughly 12 slices
Equipment – Measuring cup & spoons, flexible spatula, oven mitts, cooling rack… and of course, a bread machine!
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Instructions – Bread Machine Rosemary Bread
- Bread Machine settings – 2 pound loaf, light color and ”basic” bread setting.
- Unplug the bread machine and remove the bread pan.
- Add all ingredients starting with the milk into the bread machine “bucket” (bread pan). Put the bread pan back into the bread machine.
- Plug in the bread machine. Enter the settings (2 lb, light color & basic) and press “Start” button.
- After the bread machine has finished kneading and before the baking cycle commences, sprinkle some rosemary on top of the bread dough.
- After the bread machine has finished, unplug bread machine & remove the bread and place on a cooling rack. Use oven mitts when removing the bread machine bread pan as it will be very hot!
- In our 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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Sprinkle Rosemary On Top After Kneading Cycle
Tips – Bread Machine Rosemary Bread
- The tips below are for bread machine “novices”. Hopefully, these tips will help you to maximize the success of your bread machine bread.
- If you want to print out this recipe, please scroll down the page to our recipe widget “box”. You will find a “print recipe” button located right under the product image photo in this box. Click on that button in order to print out the basic recipe instructions.
- This recipe uses bread machine yeast (instant yeast). It does NOT use active dry yeast.
- As I said above… To make this bread look even more “authentic”, I sprinkled a tiny bit of rosemary on the top of the dough after the machine had finished kneading and before the baking had commenced. Don’t sprinkle too much rosemary because you don’t want the rosemary flavor to overwhelm things. Make sure to wear oven mitts when opening a bread machine because it may be hot. Also don’t put your hands inside the bread machine for safety reasons.
- This recipe calls for 1 cup of oatmeal in order to add a little fiber to this bread recipe. However, if you don’t have oatmeal or would prefer not to use oatmeal, you can replace the 1 cup of oatmeal with 1 cup of bread flour (so you would be using 4 cups of bread flour versus the 3 cups of bread flour & 1 cup of oatmeal called for in the recipe).
- Use FRESH ingredients (i.e. flour) for the best results. Ingredients that have been sitting in the pantry for months can become stale or pick up weird smells & flavors. Try to keep your ingredients (i.e. flour) in airtight containers in order to extend their shelf life.
- Many bread machine users like to make a small 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), coming into contact with the salt, etc. until the bread machine is turned on.
- 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.
- Some bakers like to finish this bread in the oven in order to get a normal loaf shape (versus bread machine “block” shape) as well as avoid the mixing paddle hole in the bottom of the bread (thanks Jaime!). You should read our White Bread Instant Yeast Recipe if you want to learn how to finish your bread machine breads in the oven.
- If you have a problem with a bread machine recipe, please make sure that you are following the recipe exactly (i.e. using the correct bread machine settings), you are using the correct amount of an ingredient (i.e. don’t eyeball the measurements versus using a measurement cup or accidentally add a teaspoon when a tablespoon is called for), you are using the correct ingredients (i.e. bread machine yeast versus regular yeast or bread flour versus all purpose flour), etc. Please don’t “wing” things with recipes.
- If you start substituting ingredients (i.e. different types of flour), you are experimenting and should not expect similar results to the recipe shown above. Experimenting can be fun. However, you should expect some successes but more potential disappointments when you start to experiment with recipes. For example, if you substitute whole wheat flour for the bread flour, you will probably experience a problem (as whole wheat flour doesn’t rise nearly as well as bread flour). Moreover, whole wheat flour has a totally different flavor.
- Be aware that some bread recipes may differ slightly between different types of bread machines. Therefore, please read your bread machine manufacturer’s instructions for basic bread recipes (i.e. white bread or whole wheat bread) as these are more likely to work on your individual bread machine.
- 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.
- Please visit Bread Dad’s Bread Machine Recipes section for many more easy bread recipes.
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Reference Sources
- Wikipedia, Bread Machine, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_machine
- Wikipedia, Rosemary, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary
Rosemary Bread Questions
What is rosemary seasoning for?
Rosemary seasoning is used for creating Mediterranean or Italian-style foods. It is an aromatic herb that is a great seasoning for many foods such as lamb, pork and chicken. It is also a great spice to add to homemade breads. Rosemary is used in many recipes as either a fresh or dried herb ingredient.
What is rosemary?
Rosemary is a herb used in many recipes for its distinctive taste and smell. It is an evergreen shrub that grows in warm weather environments such as the Mediterranean. Many people even grow rosemary as a herb indoors. Rosemary leaves (fresh or dried) are a key ingredient for many Italian and Mediterranean-style recipes.
Bread Machine – Rosemary Bread
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Cups Milk (warm)
- 4 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter (sliced & softened)
- 3 Cups Bread Flour
- 1 Cup Oatmeal (one minute oatmeal)
- 6 Teaspoon White Granulated Sugar (use only 2 teaspoons if you want a low sugar bread)
- 1 Tablespoon Onion Powder
- 1 Tablespoon Dried Rosemary
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons Salt
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons Bread Machine Yeast
Instructions
- Bread Machine settings – 2 pound loaf, light color and ”basic” bread setting.
- Unplug bread machine and remove bread pan.
- Add all ingredients starting with the milk into the bread machine “bucket” (bread pan). Put the bread pan back into the bread machine.
- Plug in the bread machine. Enter the settings (2 lb, light color & basic) and press the "Start" button.
- After the bread machine has finished kneading and before the baking cycle commences, sprinkle some rosemary on top of the bread dough.
- After the bread machine has finished, unplug bread machine & remove bread and place on a cooling rack. Use oven mitts when removing the bread machine container as it will be very hot!
- In our 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 to remove the bread.
Notes
Nutrition
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