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This delicious recipe comes from Bread in half the time, which includes about 70 bread machine recipes in addition to the micro-rise bread recipes. Dried cherry butterfly rolls 2 1/4 cups bread flour 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup milk 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter or margerine 1 large egg 1 teaspoon [...]

Here is an example of how the micro-rise bread making method works, using a food processor to knead the bread and a microwave to rise the bread quickly.  It’s apple butter bread, which includes the recipe for (microwave) apple butter, and is from Bread in half the time. Apple butter bread 1 cup warm water [...]

The micro-rise bread method in Bread in half the time involves using a food processor to knead and a microwave to rise the dough.  This video shows a somewhat different technique for preparing the dough (which includes some kneading by hand), but it is interesting to see how quickly dough can rise when using the [...]

Bread in half the time by Linda West Eckhardt and Diani Collingwood Butts This is ‘the’ bread book on using your microwave oven to speed up the rising process and thus reduce the time taken to make bread from start to finish.  It is a massive book and loaded with clear illustrations and instructions on [...]