Name: Bread Machine Salt Crusted Bread
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 180 min
Total time: 185 min
Ingredients: 1 1/3 Cups Water ((warm)); 4 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter ((sliced & softened)); 3 Cups Bread Flour; 1 Cup Old Fashioned Oatmeal Flakes; 1/3 Cup Light Brown Sugar; 1 1/2 Teaspoon Salt; 1 1/2 Teaspoons Bread Machine Yeast; 1 Tablespoon Melted Butter (- To brush on top of the finished bread); 1/4 Teaspoon Coarse Food-Grade Salt (- used to sprinkle on bread crust)

This bread machine salt crusted bread recipe creates a soft bread with a salty crust. It is sort of like a giant bread version of a pretzel!

My recipe uses coarse food-grade salt (e.g. coarse sea salt or coarse kosher salt) because the coarse salt has larger salt crystals and makes for a better salty exterior. FYI – I used coarse kosher salt for this bread machine recipe (see the pictures below). However, next time, I might try to use some extra large pretzel salt.

Finished Product – A Salt Crusted Bread Loaf

This bread is a delicious salty treat. However, if you or a family member has a health issue with salt (e.g. high blood pressure) then this recipe is probably not right for you!! Always be safe with your food ingredients.

Since this 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 the rest of the work.

Key Ingredient – Coarse Food-Grade Salt

How Coarse Food-Grade Salt Looks Up Close

Ingredients – Bread Machine – Salt Crusted Bread (2 lb Bread Loaf)

1 1/3 Cups – Water (warm)
4 Tablespoons – Butter (sliced & softened)
3 Cups – Bread Flour
1 Cup – Old Fashioned Oatmeal Flakes
1/3 Cup – Light Brown Sugar
1 1/2 Teaspoons – Salt
1 1/2 Teaspoons – Bread Machine Yeast
1 Tablespoon – Melted Butter – To brush on top of the finished bread
1/4 Teaspoon – Coarse Food-Grade Salt – Used to sprinkle on bread crust

Salt Crusted Bread – Interior

Instructions – Bread Machine – Salt Crusted Bread

Bread Machine settings – 2 pound loaf, light color and ”basic” bread setting.
Unplug your bread machine.
Remove the bread pan from the unplugged bread machine.
Pour the water into the bread pan and then add the other ingredients. Place the bread machine yeast in last and the yeast should not touch the liquid or salt (until the bread machine is turned on and the ingredients start to be mixed together). Place bread pan (with ingredients) back into bread machine.
Plug in bread machine. Press the “start” button after entering the correct settings (2 lb, light color & basic settings).
After the bread machine has finished, unplug the bread machine and remove the bread pan. Use oven mitts when removing the bread machine bread pan because it will be very hot!
Remove the bread from the bread loaf pan and place the bread on a cooling rack.
While the bread is still hot, use a pastry brush to brush a very thin layer of melted butter on top of the bread. Then sprinkle the coarse salt on top of the melted butter. The melted butter will help to hold the salt to the crust.
After adding the melted butter & salt crystals to the top of the bread, let the bread cool down on the cooling rack for at least 30-60 minutes.
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.

Tips – Bread Machine – Salt Crusted Bread

The tips below are designed to help bread machine “novices” and those who haven’t touched their bread machine in years.
Click on my “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 our 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 buttery white bread, multigrain bread, banana bread and French bread.
My recipe uses melted butter as a way to “hold” the salt crystals on top of the bread. This method works but not as well as an “egg wash”. However, an egg wash is applied to the top of the dough for oven-baked breads BEFORE they are placed in the oven. Melted butter is applied AFTER the bread is fully baked. The melted butter approach is easier/safer for bread machine breads as you are applying it after the bread machine is done.
Just adding a ton of salt to the initial bread mixture won’t work. Salt inhibits the growth of the yeast and the bread will have difficulty rising.
Do not use cold water to make bread as that can slow the growth of the yeast. Like Goldilocks – yeast likes things not too cold or too hot. The ideal temperature for the water should be around 100-110 F.
Optional – If you do not have bread flour, you can use all purpose flour. However, it will be less fluffy than a bread made with bread flour.
If you have a problem with a bread machine recipe, please make sure that you are following the recipe exactly (e.g. using the correct bread machine settings), you are using the correct amount of an ingredient (e.g. 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 (e.g. bread machine yeast versus regular yeast or bread flour versus all purpose flour), etc. Please don’t “wing” things with recipes.
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 (e.g. white bread or whole wheat bread) as these are more likely to work on your individual bread machine.
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.
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 (such as extra soft white bread, banana bread, cornbread and French bread), please visit Bread Dad’s main Bread Machine Recipes section.

Reference Sources

Wikipedia, Bread Machine
Wikipedia, Salt

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Bread Machine Salt Crusted Bread

This bread machine salt crusted bread recipe creates a soft bread with a salty crust. It is sort of like a giant bread version of a pretzel! This bread machine recipe creates a 2lb bread loaf.

Prep Time5

Cook Time3

Total Time3 5

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Sandwich, Snack

Cuisine: American, European

Keyword: bread machine recipes, pretzel bread, salt bread recipe, salt crusted bread, salt crusted bread machine recipe, salty bread recipe, sandwich bread recipe, sandwich lunch recipe

Servings: Slices

Calories: 207kcal

Author: Bread Dad

Ingredients

1 1/3 Cups Water (warm)
4 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter (sliced & softened)
3 Cups Bread Flour
1 Cup Old Fashioned Oatmeal Flakes
1/3 Cup Light Brown Sugar
1 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 1/2 Teaspoons Bread Machine Yeast
1 Tablespoon Melted Butter - To brush on top of the finished bread
1/4 Teaspoon Coarse Food-Grade Salt - used to sprinkle on bread crust

Instructions

Bread Machine settings – 2 pound loaf, light color and ”basic” bread setting.
Unplug your bread machine.
Remove the bread pan from the unplugged bread machine.
Pour the water into the bread pan and then add the other ingredients. Place the bread machine yeast in last and the yeast should not touch the liquid or salt (until the bread machine is turned on and the ingredients start to be mixed together). Place bread pan (with ingredients) back into bread machine.
Plug in bread machine. Press the "start" button after entering the correct settings (2 lb, light color & basic settings).
After the bread machine has finished, unplug the bread machine and remove the bread pan. Use oven mitts when removing the bread machine bread pan because it will be very hot!
Remove the bread from the bread loaf pan and place the bread on a cooling rack.
While the bread is still hot, use a pastry brush to brush a very thin layer of melted butter on top of the bread. Then sprinkle the coarse salt on top of the melted butter. The melted butter will help to hold the salt to the crust.
After adding the melted butter & salt crystals to the top of the bread, let the bread cool down on the cooling rack for at least 30-60 minutes.
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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