Honey Buttermilk Bread (with or without Dill) (in the Bread Machine)

As I mentioned, I found two great bread machine recipes recently. Here’s the second. I added fresh dill because I had a lot on hand, but this would be great without too. And don’t be intimidated by the buttermilk. So long as you have milk and white vinegar/lemon juice on hand, you can make buttermilk in 15 minutes! Adapted from The Spruce Eats.

Here’s what you need:

3/4 cup buttermilk (you can make this by adding almost 3/4 cup buttermilk and 3/4 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice, and allowing to sit for 15 minutes)

1 tablespoon butter, at room temperature

3 tablespoons honey

1/2 cup water

3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill (optional)

3 cups bread flour

2 teaspoons yeast

Here’s what you do:

1. In your bread maker, add the ingredients in the order listed above (first liquids, then dry, then yeast).

2. All bread makers are slightly different, but here are the settings I chose: (1) white bread program, (2) medium sized loaf, (3) medium darkness.

3. Turn on your bread machine, let it do the work, and enjoy!