Bread Machine Hot Buttered Rum Loaf

It’s a recipe like this that makes you doubly glad you have a bread machine. Warm spices, rum flavors and sweet brown sugar. Mmm!

Makes 1 loaf (1 1/2 pounds); 12 slices

Bread:
1 egg
1 tablespoon rum extract
3 tablespoons butter, softened
3 cups Gold Medal Harvest King or Better for Bread™ bread flour
3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 teaspoon bread machine or quick active dry yeast

Nutty Topping:
1 egg yolk, beaten
1 1/2 teaspoons finely chopped pecans
1 1/2 teaspoons packed brown sugar

1. Into 1-cup measuring cup, break 1 egg. Add enough water to measure 1 cup. Measure carefully, placing egg mixture and remaining bread ingredients in bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.

2. Select Sweet or Basic/White cycle. Use Medium or Light crust color. Do not use delay cycle.

3. In small bowl, mix all topping ingredients. About 40 to 50 minutes before bread is finished, lift cover of bread machine and carefully brush topping on top of loaf. Close lid to continue with cycle. Remove baked bread from pan; cool on cooling rack.

Nutrition Information: 1 Serving: Calories 170 (Calories from Fat 35 ); Total Fat 4 g (Saturated Fat 2 g); Cholesterol 25 mg; Sodium 270 mg; Total Carbohydrate 31 g (Dietary Fiber 1 g); Protein 4 g

Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2 %; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 10 %

Exchanges: 1 Starch; 1 Fruit; 1/2 Fat

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Did You Know?
Cardamom is a member of the ginger family. Its tiny seeds are encapsulated in small pods about the size of a cranberry; each pod contains about twenty seeds. Ground cardamom is used most often in baking.

Purchasing
Look for rum extract near vanilla and other flavorings in the baking aisle of your supermarket.

Success
We recommend using butter instead of margarine for the best buttered rum flavor.

Recipe and photograph provided courtesy of Betty Crocker 2007/TM General Mills All Rights Reserved