Multi Grain Bread

When I got my bread machine, someone sent me a wonderful gift of this cookbook:  Betty Crocker's Best Bread Machine Cookbook: The Goodness of Homemade Bread the Easy Way

I've tried a few recipes from it, but by far my favorite is Multigrain Loaf.  It's my most-used recipe.

Multigrain Loaf (1-pound recipe)

3/4 cup plus 2 T. water
1 T margarine or butter, softened
1 cup bread flour (I use all-purpose)
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
2/3 cup 7-grain or multigrain cereal (I use Kroger granola)
2 T. packed brown sugar
1 t. salt
2 t. quick active dry yeast

Measure carefully, placing all ingredients in bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.

Select Whole Wheat or Basic/White cycle.  Use Medium or Light crust color.  Remove baked bread from pan and cool on wire rack.

This bread comes out just right--not too fluffy, but not too heavy.  It smells and tastes so good!

It is by far my favorite recipe for the bread machine!