This homemade egg bread recipe is a winner! The crust is soft and the top is flaky. At the same time, it has a solidity that makes it a natural for sandwiches.

Last Updated on December 5, 2022 – Originally posted in November 2014

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OK, Diva, so I made this bread, question, when are you going to post a recipe that doesn’t make me want to eat the whole loaf in one sitting? This is some fantastic bread. ~ John

It Started With A Few Extra Eggs

I had a few extra eggs in the refrigerator, so I gave this egg bread recipe a try. I’m glad I did. It’s a winner! The crust is soft and the top is flaky.

The bread is soft but has a solidity that makes it a natural for sandwiches. Your sandwich will not fall apart with this bread!

As always, I used my trusty bread machine to make this bread. The machine makes it so easy.

And I’m not the only one raves about this bread. A Facebook reader recently wrote, “Made this tonight and my house smells AMAZING. Just took it out of the bread machine and it’s so soft and fluffy.”

Raising Chickens

Let’s talk about where eggs come from for a second. When I was a child we had chickens. It was a small flock of about 6 hens and a rooster.

I’d go out to the chicken coop to help gather the eggs and feed the chickens.

I remember how surprised I was when I gathered eggs for the first time and discovered that they were warm to the touch. It made sense. The eggs were warm because they’d been underneath a chicken. I’d just never experienced that before. I was used to eggs being cold from the refrigerator.

We also had a chicken that laid pretty, light-green eggs. Really! There are some breeds of chickens that lay colored eggs.

Here’s a photo of a blue-green egg (from an Araucana chicken) with brown and white eggs for comparison.

At the time I didn’t appreciate those great, farm-fresh eggs. I just took them for granted.

Do Eggs Add to A Bread Recipe?

Eggs bring a lot to this or any bread recipe.

First of all, eggs bring color, nutrition and a little extra flavor to any bread recipe.

Eggs also contain lecithin. That’s a fat that makes the ingredients mix better and gives the bread a nice crumb.

Whole eggs are mostly water. So if you’re experimenting with adding eggs to a recipe be sure to adjust the liquid in the recipe to compensate.

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Homemade Egg Bread Instructions

Note that this recipe is for a two-pound machine. Use the basic or white cycle with medium crust.

Follow the instructions that came with your bread machine in terms of which ingredients to put in the bread machine first. With my machine, a Zojirushi BB-PAC20 Virtuoso, I add the liquid first.

Check on the dough after five or ten minutes of kneading. Just pop the top of the bread machine and see how the dough is doing. It should be a smooth, round ball.

Homemade Egg Bread Ingredients

This is for a two-pound loaf, using the medium crust setting.

1/3 cup water
3/4 cup milk – I usually use 2% or whole milk, but any type should work. Note that you’ll probably get a little more rise if you use whole milk.
2 eggs – beaten
4 cups bread flour
2 Tablespoons olive oil
3 Tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast

Homemade Egg Bread Recipe

I had a few extra eggs, so I decided to give this recipe a try. I'm glad I did. The bread is a winner! The crust is soft and had a lovely flakiness on the top.

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Course: Bread Machine Recipes

Cuisine: American

Keyword: egg bread, egg, bread

Yield: 14 slices per two-pound loaf of bread

Calories: 174kcal

Author: Marsha Perry

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Ingredients

1/3 cup (78.9 ml) water
3/4 cup (177.4 ml) milk I usually use 2% or whole milk, but any type should work. Note that you'll probably get a little more rise if you use whole milk.
2 eggs Beaten
4 cups (500 g) bread flour
2 Tablespoons olive oil
3 Tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 teaspoons (1.2 teaspoons) active dry yeast

Instructions

Note that this recipe is for a two-pound machine. Use the basic or white cycle with medium crust.
Follow the instructions that came with your bread machine in terms of which ingredients to put in the bread machine first. With my machine (a Zojirushi BB-PAC20 Virtuoso), I add the liquid first.
Check on the dough after five or ten minutes of kneading. Just pop the top of the bread machine and see how the dough is doing. It should be a smooth, round ball.

Notes

This is a recipe for a two-pound machine. You’ll be using the basic or white cycle with medium crust.

This recipe was developed and tested using US customary measurements. Metric measurements are calculated automatically.

Nutrition

All information presented within this site is intended for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and any nutritional information on breadmachinediva.com should only be used as a general guideline. This information is provided as a courtesy and there is no guarantee that the information will be completely accurate. I try to provide accurate information to the best of my ability; however these figures should still be considered estimates.