Step 1

Heat 1 cup of water to 110 degrees.  (If you don't have a thermometer, just use slightly hot tap water and it will be just fine. (really!) I never use a thermometer and never have any problems with my bread machine dough rising.)

Step 2

Put all ingredients in the order above into bread machine (you don’t need to stir it , just dump it in!)  Water, milk, oil, honey, brown sugar, salt, flour, then finally - yeast.

Step 3

Set bread machine on dough setting, and let it make the dough for you over the next couple hours.

Step 4

Once dough is made (it takes my machine about 1 1/2 hours to make just the dough), remove dough and place in loaf pan.

Step 5

Let bread machine dough rise for about 30 minutes to an hour, until it's around double the size.   When I don't have time to let it rise, I just go ahead and bake it a little sooner and it works out fine. This recipe is extremely forgiving!  Towards the end of this time, preheat oven to 350.

Step 6

Bake bread dough in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes, and enjoy!