Pickle-Juice Bread-Machine Bread

Use a little bit of the brine from a jar of pickles to add a bit of zest to your three-pound bread-machine bread loaf.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 3 hr 10 mins
• Total Time: 3 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 178 Calories

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 0.75 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 cup water
• 0.75 cup rolled oats
• 1.25 cups whole wheat flour
• 0.5 cup wheat germ
• 3.5 tablespoons white sugar
• 1.5 cups pickle juice

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Put dill pickle juice, water, vegetable oil, salt, white sugar, wheat germ, oats, whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, and yeast, respectively, in the pan of a bread machine.

Step 2

Select Sandwich and Three-Pound Loaf settings; press Start. Cycle should take about 3 hours 10 minutes to complete.

Step 3

Remove loaf from bread pan and allow to cool on wire rack at least 20 minutes before slicing.