How to Make Rice Cooker Bread

Despite what their name implies, you can use rice cookers to prepare a number of tasty treats. The little machines can work miracles for those with limited space, or they can simply keep things interesting in the kitchen. One of the best ways to use a rice cooker is by making homemade bread, a simple but delicious treat.

Ingredients

350 grams flour (2.5 cups)
5 grams yeast (about 1.25 teaspoon)
21 grams sugar (about 1.5 tbsp)
6.5 grams salt (about 1.5 tsp)
21 grams butter (about 1.5 tbsp)
30ml milk (1 oz.)
180 ml water (6 oz.)
About 5 hours

Steps

1
Carefully read all instructions, especially the fire hazard warnings below them.
2
Put 5g yeast into a bowl or cup and add a pinch of sugar and about 1/4 cup warm water. The water needs to be between 110–120 °F (43–49 °C). Allow it stand for approximately ten minutes.

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In the meantime, pour the flour, along with salt and sugar directly into the rice cooker.
4
Pour the milk into the flour that is now in the rice cooker.
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Pour the yeast mixture from the first step directly into the dry ingredients.
6
Form the dough into a ball after kneading for 8-10 minutes, adding a little more flour if it seems too wet. If the dough feels very sticky, then dip your hands into some flour so that the dough will not stick as you roll it.
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Add butter to the dough ball. It might be easier to cut the butter into small pieces. Also the butter should be soft and at room temperature. The butter will also help to grease the rice cooker bowl, so that the bread will not stick to the sides. Knead the butter into the ball until the butter is completely absorbed into the dough and has no lumps.^{[1]
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Allow to sit for an hour in the rice cooker bowl in a warm area or on a warm setting. This is the first dough rise.
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Notice that the dough, as it sits undisturbed, doubles in size. This is because the yeast in there is eating up the starch and sugars in the flour and breathing out carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide dissolves into the dough, and either escapes, or expands the air bubbles in the dough that were there from mixing causes dough to get bigger!
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Lift the dough from the bowl and with some force, toss it back. Do this a few times, until the dough returns to its original size. Once again allow it to sit in a warm area. This is now the second and final rise.
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Note that the second rise will be the same as the first. Just leave it alone for one hour, and it will puff back up to double its size. Yeast works this way.
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Bake for an hour, but check after a half hour to see if it is done. Make sure it does not burn on the bottom. Temperatures differ with each rice cooker, so you will have to learn what is best for you. Write down the times and steps, so you will remember it for the next bake.^{[2]
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Flip your bread out and turn it upside down. This is the second baking period. It is also supposed to be 1 hour, but may not need that long. The cooker you use probably makes all the difference here.^{[3]
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Flip it and bake it one more time, for the same length of time as the first two bakes.^{[4]
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Finished.

Community Q&A

Question

Can I replace butter with olive oil?

Community Answer

You can, but try adding it with the milk. You can also replace the butter with vegetable shortening.
Question

Is this bread good for diabetics to eat?

Community Answer

No. It is made mostly of simple carbohydrates (white flour) and as such, could result in blood sugar spikes.
Question

I have a Hamilton rice cooker and food steamer. Any good recipes for it?

Community Answer

Go to the Hamilton Beach website and search for recipes for their rice cooker, they have several.

Warnings

Rice cookers turn off when the temperature rises above 212 °F (100 °C) (100C) Forcing it to stay on makes it run much hotter than that. In addition to being a fire risk, this will also shorten the life of your rice cooker and void any warranties.

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Keep in mind that you are using a rice cooker for something it was never intended to be used for. Do not leave the rice cooker unattended, and keep it as far away from flammable materials as possible (papers, curtains, etc.).

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