Bread Machine Butternut Squash Bread

Bread

3 30

3 40

Servings: slices

Check out how to make soft, moist butternut squash bread at home using your bread machine. Perfect for breakfast or pairing with soups!

Place the wet and dry ingredients in the order as required by your bread machine.
Close the lid and select the "Basic" cycle, 1.5 lb size and the preferred crust setting.
Observe the dough for first 10 minutes and add more flour if needed.
The bread will be ready once the cycle completes.
Remove the loaf by inverting the pan and shaking it.
Place the bread on a cooling rack and allow it to cool down.
Once the bread is cooled down completely, slice it with a serrated bread knife or an electric knife.

Place the wet and dry ingredients in the order as required by your bread machine.
Close the lid and select the "dough" cycle.
Observe the dough for first 10 minutes and add more flour if needed.
Once the cycle completes, remove the dough from the pan and shape it into a log of 8 inches in length.
Place it in the bread baking pan (9 by 5 inches) and allow it to rise for about 45-50 minutes until it doubles in volume.
Cover with a food wrap or a kitchen towel so that it does not dry up.
Once it has doubled in volume, preheat the oven to 350 °F.
Remove the food wrap gently and then place the pan in the oven.
Bake for about 20 minutes or until the crust is golden brown in color.
Transfer it to a cooling rack and allow it to cool down completely before slicing.

When the butternut squash is cooked in the oven, it will have less moisture compared to pressure cooking it. So you might have to adjust water or flour in the recipe. Observe the dough for the first 10 minutes and if the dough looks dry, add a little water, if it is wet, add some flour.
Sifting and weighing the flour helps make the bread soft. Sifting is optional, however, weighing the flour gives consistent results.
Once the bread is baked, remove it from the container and place it on a rack to cool down. Leaving the bread in the container to cool down can make it moist.
Recipe makes 1.5 lb. bread. To make 1 lb. bread change servings to 8 and for 2 lb. bread, change servings to 16.