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! Our recipe uses coarse food-grade salt (i.e. coarse sea salt or coarse kosher salt) because the coarse salt has larger salt crystals and makes for a better salty exterior. For this bread machine recipe (and in the pictures below), I used coarse kosher salt. However, I might try to use some extra large pretzel salt next time.
This bread is a delicious salty treat. However, if you or a family member has a health issue with salt (i.e. 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 should take you only 5 minutes or so to prepare and then you let the bread machine do the rest of the work. 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.
Key Ingredient – Coarse Food-Grade Salt
How Coarse Food-Grade Salt Looks Up Close
Finished Product – A Salt Crusted Bread Loaf
Salt Crusted Bread – Interior
Ingredients – Bread Machine – Salt Crusted Bread (2 lb Bread Loaf)
- 1 1/3 Cups – Water (warm)
- 4 Tablespoons – Butter (sliced)
- 3 Cups – Flour
- 1 Cup – Old Fashioned Oatmeal (not instant oatmeal)
- 1 Teaspoon – Salt (i.e. food grade sea salt)
- 1/3 Cup – Brown Sugar
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons – Bread Machine Yeast
- 1/4 Teaspoon – Coarse Food-Grade Salt (used to sprinkle on dough exterior)
Instructions – Bread Machine – Salt Crusted Bread
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Bread Machine settings – 2 pound loaf, light color and ”basic” bread setting.
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Add all ingredients starting with the water into the bread machine “bucket” (loaf pan).
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Press the “start” button after entering the correct settings (2 lb, light color & basic settings).
- After the bread machine has finished its FINAL kneading cycle and before the baking cycle starts, gently sprinkle on some coarse salt on top of the dough. Don’t go too crazy with the coarse salt or it will inhibit the yeast from rising.
- After the bread machine has finished baking the bread, remove the bread and place it on a cooling rack. Use oven mitts when removing the bread machine container as it will be very hot!
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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
- 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. You need to keep the coarse salt on the outside of the dough so the yeast can do its stuff! The coarse salt needs to be only on the “crust” or exterior of the bread.
- Don’t add the coarse salt after the first kneading cycle or it will be mixed into the dough during the final kneading. This will inhibit the yeast from rising. Wait for the final kneading to be complete before sprinkling the coarse salt on top of the dough. However, you should sprinkle it on the top of the still moist dough right after the final kneading cycle has finished or you will disrupt the baking process and the salt is less likely to stick to the exterior of the bread.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- You can visit our Instructional Videos section if you want to watch videos that provide information on common bread machine and bread making problems & solutions.
- 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 (i.e. for white bread, banana bread, cornbread, French bread, etc.), please visit Bread Dad’s main Bread Machine Recipes section.
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Bread Machine - Salt Crusted Bread
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 Cups - Water (warm)
- 4 Tablespoons - Butter (sliced)
- 3 Cups - Flour
- 1 Cup - Old Fashioned Oatmeal
- 1 Teaspoon - Salt
- 1/3 Cup - Brown Sugar
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons - Bread Machine Yeast
- 1/4 Teaspoon - Coarse Food-Grade Salt (used to sprinkle on dough exterior)
Instructions
- Bread Machine settings – 2 pound loaf, light color and ”basic” bread setting.
- Add all ingredients starting with the water into the bread machine “bucket” (loaf pan).
- Press the "start" button after entering the correct settings (2 lb, light color & basic settings).
- After the bread machine has finished its FINAL kneading cycle and before the baking cycle starts, gently sprinkle on some coarse salt on top of the dough. Don’t go too crazy with the coarse salt or it will inhibit the yeast from rising.
- After the bread machine has finished baking the bread, remove the bread and place it 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 in order to remove the bread.
Notes
Nutrition
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