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Slow cooker bread??? YES!!!! Ok ok ok… pull up a chair and sit down, I have something amazing to tell you! You absolutely can make bread in your slow cooker, – perfectly fresh homemade bread!!! No need to own a bread machine or turn your oven on to cook a loaf of bread anymore. Doesn’t that make you happy?!?!?!?! (It’s the little things in life, folks!!)
Pull out your slow cooker and get to making some of the tastiest homemade bread. Best of all this bread is a great base, so you can add other ingredients to transform the flavor. Whether you want to toss in some
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Really, it’s a fundamental bread recipe that can be easily adapted, but let me be clear, this is sinfully divine all on its own.
What I love about slow cooker bread is there is ZERO hassle with it. You pull out your slow cooker, mix up the ingredients and let the slow cooker do the work. This soup is great to slice and toss in the toaster with a dollop of butter and jam or serve with some soup for dipping. The little crevices soak up all the sauce from bread and gravy perfectly.
I’ve tried making this recipe a few times, and finally found a way for it to work perfectly. It’s definitely my favorite slow cooker bread, and I wanted to take the time to share on my blog!
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The beauty of a slow cooker is it reaches around 200 degrees on the high setting depending on what brand of slow cooker you own. That is about the best temperature to cook most styles ofbreads. It does take a little practice to get the exact timing right to master getting it cooked through and having a moist bread at the end. I suggest just giving it a go the first time out of the gate, following the directions, and then perfecting it from there. Once you have the recipe down, the possibilities in variety are ENDLESS.
Grab a stand mixer or even a bowl and add in your warm water (around 100 degrees), sugar, and mix it in, and then sprinkle in your yeast. Let your yeast activate and become frothy. This should happen within the first 5-10 minutes. If your yeast doesn’t begin to bubble, the water was either to warm, or the yeast is bad.
Then in a bowl toss in your flour and salt and set aside. Once the yeast is activated, slowly incorporate the flour and salt mixture into the wet mixture. Once well-incorporated add in your oil.
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Knead your dough for around in your stand mixer, using a dough hook, for 5 minutes so that it can become elastic in texture. I did end up adding one tablespoon of water in this step to help the dough cometogetherthe way I wanted it to. You of course can do it vintage style and do it by hand which is perfectly fine!! I did it with my mixer only because I was a bit short on time.
Then line your slow cooker with parchment paper, and put the dough in the center of the slow cooker. Place a clean tea towel over the slow cooker and then seal the lid like normal. This helps eliminate condensation from falling on top of the bread in the slow cooker, which you do not want.
Cook for around 1 ½ – 2 hours. The sides will be golden brown, and you can even stick a toothpick in for it to come out clean. Then turn the heat off and let it sit inside the slow cooker for 5-10 minutes with the lid off. If you want to, you can always make up a quick egg wash after it’s done cooking, and brush it onto the bread and throw it under the broiler for a few minutes to brown up on the top. Again, I’m not that fancy for my bread, and having it this way was just fine with me.
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I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial on how to make slow cooker bread, and that I was successful in showing you how easy it is. I wrote about it on my facebook page. If you’d like to check out the post, click here!! (And if you decided to hang out with me for a bit, feel free to give the page a “like”. I’d love to see you there!)
If you are a fan of homemade bread than I highly recommend giving this recipe a try. Also, if you’d like to try my NO KNEAD Crusty Country Bread, click the recipe HERE. This is equally as easy as the slow cooker bread (maybe even easier, actually) and requires NO kneading!! I personally am a huge fan of homemade bread, and I am always up for trying out new recipes, and this Slow Cooker Bread, my friends, is ahome run!
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The cookie settings on this website are set to allow cookies to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click Accept below then you are consenting to this.Making bread at home is such a satisfying thing to do and this recipe for slow cooker bread results in a delicious cob loaf which is soft on the inside with a beautiful golden crust. Just as it should be.
Personally, I think bread-making is an incredibly fulfilling process and when the resulting bread tastes fantastic – the reward definitely outweighs the effort. This is even better when I can achieve this in my slow cooker! Using the slow cooker for baking also means that I get fresh bread aroma lingering through the house just that bit longer.
Making bread needn’t be the daunting task that it may seem. Yes, there are the steps to knead, proof and bake the bread but each phase is very straightforward. What’s more, in this recipe I also include plenty of tips and specialist instructions for the slow cooker.
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Note that I say, special instructions for the slow cooker. Because whilst I maintain that baking in the slow cooker is simple, you do need to heed the fact that it is different to using an oven and can bear different results, even from the same recipe.
This is because an oven creates a dry, high heat whilst slow cookers cook at a lower temperature and trap moisture. There is no getting around it, these environmental differences will affect the bake. So the best thing to do is be prepared!
The method in my recipe is especially tailored for the slow cooker so just follow the steps and you’re good to go!
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Here’s a step by step guide of how to make it. Full detailed instructions can be found in the recipe card at the bottom of the page.
To create a golden crust on top (which you just won’t get in the slow cooker!) briefly place the dough under the grill. See picture below for before and after the grill. As you can see it’s worth it for that beautiful golden colour!
Slow cooker bread is the perfect partner for soups and casseroles like our slow cooker tomato soup and slow cooker sausage casserole but it also is lovely served simply with butter and jam.
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Bread flour – Bread flour has a higher concentration of protein creating a stronger flavoured loaf with a springy texture. Plain flour can be used as an alternative, it will have a more ‘crumby’ texture but it will still taste delicious!
Water Temperature – The water needs to be lukewarm for the yeast to activate, which is about body temperature so if you dip your finger in you shouldn’t feel a temperature difference.
Kneading – Knead for the required time to properly combine the ingredients and develop the gluten structures. Not taking time to do this can result in loaf the being dense and sinking in the middle. If using a mixer I still knead dough firmly by hand for a few minutes at the end. This also means I can make sure it feels the right consistency. This short video from King Arthur Flour is a good guide for kneading technique.
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Kitchen towel – Slow cookers retain moisture as they are an enclosed cooking environment. A few pieces of kitchen towel under the lid will absorb moisture to avoid soggy, dense bread.
Baking parchment – Line the slow cooker with baking parchment to prevent the bread sticking to the pot. It’s also much easier to safely lift out at the end.
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