Step up your bread making skills with this Bread Machine Jalapeno Cheese Bread! This easy recipe is slightly spicy, slightly cheesy, but fully delicious!
I don’t know about you, but bread is my absolute weakness.
My favorite food is sandwiches. The best thing in the world is dipping fresh french bread into broccoli cheese soup.
As you can see, bread is kind of a favorite around here.
A few years ago I bought a bread machine from the thrift store for six dollars. At that time, I wanted to be a little more frugal because I just had our daughter Allison a few months before. And being a stay-at-home mom means less money.
I couldn’t believe how much better bread tasted when you made it yourself! At first, I was intimidated because I’ve never used yeast before. I thought it was complicated and easy to mess up. But with a bread machine, you can make just about any recipe fool-proof.
This Jalapeno Cheese Bread was one of the first recipes I made and I was instantly hooked. It was my three favorite things combined into one delicious loaf.
Can you bake jalapeno cheddar bread in the bread machine?
So you can make this Jalapeno Cheese Bread Machine loaf in two different ways. One is to bake it directly in the bread machine, and the other is to make just the dough in the bread machine and bake it in the oven.
I’ve done both, and I totally prefer baking bread in the oven myself. The way my machine is designed, the loaf ends up being really tall and oddly-shaped and not good for sandwiches.
See that huge lunk up there? Still delicious, but not all that pretty.
If your bread machine is the same way, you can try laying the loaf on its side and slicing it that way to get regular-sized slices.
Or if your bread machine has a loaf-sized pan, you can definitely bake it in your bread machine. Use the “Light” or “White” setting for it, and it’ll take around 3 hours depending on your machine.
But the beauty of the bread machine is you can put in all the ingredients and basically forget about it for 90 minutes. And when you bake bread in the oven, in a regular loaf pan, you get this deliciousness up there.
How do you know when the bread is done baking?
I do an old-fashioned “Hollow test” where I knock on the top of the bread. If it sounds hollow toward the middle, it’s done.
If you have a thermometer, you can also test it that way. Most breads are done at 190 degrees.
But if you look at the top of the bread, you’ll be able to tell pretty easily. The top will be golden brown and dry. I’m not a bread expert, but I haven’t had a bad loaf yet while doing the knock test!
How can you serve this bread?
When I first make a loaf of this, I’ll serve it with soup. But once the soup’s been eaten and there’s still bread left, I’ll turn it into sandwich bread. Oh yeah, I just took sandwiches to the next level.
Seriously, if you’ve ever been intimidated by a bread machine, give this recipe a try. It’s mostly hands-off; and although the whole process takes 3 hours, you’ll be happy you made this Jalapeno Cheese Bread!
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Bread Machine Jalapeno Cheese Bread
Step up your bread making skills with this Bread Machine Jalapeno Cheese Bread! This easy recipe is slightly spicy, slightly cheesy, but fully delicious! #bread #breadmachine #recipe #easyrecipe
Ingredients
- 3 cups bread flour or all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/4 cup diced jalapeno peppers
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in your bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
- Set the bread machine on the "Dough" function if applicable (Usually runs about 90 minutes). Check after about 5 minutes and add water or flour, a tablespoon at a time, if the dough seems too dry or wet.
- After the bread machine is finished, lay the dough on a cutting board sprinkled with flour and knead a few times, then place in a 9x5 or 8x4 greased loaf pan. Cover with a towel and let rise for one hour.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes or until the outside is hard and sounds "hollow" when you tap on it. Let cool on a cooling rack before slicing.
Notes
You can also bake this directly in the bread machine. Set your machine to the "Basic" or "Large Light" function, which will take about 3 hours from start to finish. The only problem is that depending on your style of bread machine, your loaf could end up being super tall.
Leah Adam says
Hey! Interested in this recipe. The links seem to be broken, so could you tell me how much of each ingredient? 🙂
Jaime says
Hi Leah, thanks for pointing this out to me! I’ve just fixed the recipe. =) I hope you enjoy it!
Teresa Rhodes says
I have whole wheat all purpose flour, can I use that?
Jaime says
I’ve never tried it, but it should be fine! Watch it for a few minutes to see if it needs more water. It’ll definitely be more dense. =)
Amy M Voisin says
3 cups bread flour or all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 cup diced jalapeno peppers
Matt says
Hey Jaime! Just curious, what size loaf does this yield? Thanks!
Jaime says
Hmm, good question!!! I’ve never baked it outside the bread machine, but I’m assuming if you just made the dough in there and put it in a 9×5 loaf pan, it would fit! You can probably get between 10-12 slices out of it. Hopefully that helps!
Mafeesh says
Looking at the ingredient list you’ll get a 2lb loaf out of this.
Connie says
I made large rolls out of the dough! My spouse loves this bread for sandwiches. I have a question about how to make this if u don’t have a bread machine. How long should I knead the bread? (My sister likes this recipe but doesn’t have a bread maker or a mixer with dough hooks). Do I need to make any changes if I knead it by hand? Thanks and great recipe!
Jaime says
Thanks, Connie!! To be honest, I haven’t made this without a bread machine so hopefully someone else can chime in as well. My guess is between 5-10 minutes? You want to get all the flour mixed in, at least, which will probably take that long. And since the bread machine dough cycle is 90 minutes, maybe let it sit for an hour? This is just a guess; let me know what you find!
Donna Petty says
Thank you for your recipe. I made it but I did not follow the instruction like you said and my bread sank. Very very good bread. I Love the savory flavor. I doubled the cheese and double the jalapenos so I’m figuring that’s why it sank. It made it too heavy… anybody’s thoughts? Would be helpful. Thank you
Jaime says
Oh Donna, I’m sorry that happened! I don’t think it was the extra ingredients because I’ve seen others double those as well… unfortunately I’m not much of a bread expert so hopefully someone can chime in as well!
Frank says
Maybe since you double the cheese and jalapenos. The cheese turned into liquid while baking. Don’t forget cheese get hot it got oily. Maybe a drier Dough might work. Good luck.
JANET PEARCE-EULA says
I had an old bread machine that made tall loaves.
I turned the bread on it’s side and sliced it that way. Slices were sandwich style.
Jaime says
Janet, I think you just blew my mind. Why in the world did I never think of that?? LOL, thank you for posting this!
Sharleyi Hollomon says
I am going to try this recipe in my bread machine. When do I put the Cheese and Jalapenos in the bread machine? I am assuming I add it before I put the flour into the container.
Jaime says
I actually added mine last, after the flour. =) And it works fine for my machine; not sure if yours is different. There’s a video on this post that goes through step-by-step if you need a visual!
Chris S says
The temperature of the water going into the bread machine is critical to the dough properly rising or not. Try exactly 80°. Put the water in first and then the flour and then the yeast on top of the flour. Or mix the flour and the yeast and put it on top of the water. And add the sugar and salt, cheese and jalapenos and turn the machine on to basic.
Jaime says
Thanks for the tip! I’ll pay more attention to the temperature of the water. =)
Tami Casey says
Thank you for giving me the confidence of trying out my bread machine. I made this recipe and it was perfect my first time. I used your dough method and baked in my loaf pan. I was a little worried in the last rise with the towel over the pan. The bread didn’t rise like I thought it would. However, while in the baking process the bread popped right up. Thank you again. 🙂
Jaime says
YAY! I’m so glad it worked out!
Annie says
After letting the dough rise for an hour in the loaf pan, it was so far over the side and down! I had to scoop it up and dump it back in. It was so much prettier when it first came out of the bread machine
Jaime says
Oh dear! I’m not a bread expert so I can’t say exactly what happened; but maybe the room was extra warm, maybe the yeast was strong… I’m not sure, sorry!
Joseph C Danko says
I have been making Jalapeno Cheese Bread for years. It completes nicely in my Cuisinart and does not need to bake in an oven.
Jaime says
Perfect! =)
Gloria LEE says
It said to cool on a rack, does this mean inside the pan or take it out after it is done baking?
Jaime says
Take it out of the pan after about 5 minutes, then let it cool completely on the cooling rack. =)