Bread Machine Wheat Bread with Molasses and Agave – Vegan

Making bread in a bread maker is so easy to do! This bread machine wheat bread is vegan. It’s made with molasses and agave and is nicely textured, not too heavy, and has a hearty rich flavor!

You are going to love this bread machine wheat bread! It’s ridiculously easy and so tasty. I enjoy this vegan wheat bread with a slab of (vegan) butter or jam. You can also slice it and use as thick and hearty sandwich bread.

Reasons you will love this homemade wheat bread

• hearty rich flavor
• texture that’s not too heavy – but definitely substantial
• so easy in the bread machine – set it and forget it
• the ingredients make it vegan
• big hit with the fam!

About a year ago I decided to revive my bread making skills – like everybody else who was staying at home at the time. I’m honestly no baker though!

I dug around in my garage and discovered an old bread machine from (seriously!) the 90’s and thought I’d give it a whirl. Uh…the 90’s called for their failed technology …

There might have been a reason this old bread machine was hiding in the depths of my dusty garage! So I bought a new one…. my wonderful all new and shiny (and functioning) Cuisinart Bread Maker! And suddenly I was an expert vegan homemade bread baker!

For some other tasty easy vegan snacks, try my:

• Garlic Herbed Beer Bread
• Three Ingredient Lemony Peach Popsicles
• Cherry Cheesecake Dump Cake

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Ingredients needed to make bread machine wheat bread – and make it vegan

• water
• plant milk – I used oat
• vegan butter – I used country crock sticks
• molasses
• agave
• whole wheat flour
• white bread flour
• salt
• fast acting yeast

How to make light and tasty wheat bread in a bread machine

Make sure you read and understand the directions of your bread maker. This recipe was developed using my new Cuisinart Bread Maker and I LOVE it!

Step 1: The liquid ingredients

You will start by pouring in the liquid ingredients to the bottom of your bread machine. I find it best for the yeast when the liquid ingredients are just above room temperature.

Think of the yeast as Goldilocks. She wouldn’t want the liquid to be too hot or too cold!

To get the perfect liquid temperature, I first measure out the water into a microwavable container and then slice the butter into the water.

I then microwave for a minute just to melt the butter. At this point the liquid is TOO HOT!

Next I measure out the cold milk (I used oat milk) into the same container. This will start to cool down the liquid slightly.

Then go ahead and pour it into the inner container of the bread maker. Measure out the agave and molasses and pour in as well.

The next step will be measuring and adding the flour, salt, and yeast. By the time you do that, the liquid will have cooled down enough but still be above room temperature and will be JUST RIGHT!

Step 2: Meaure out the wheat and white flours

Okay… here again you could just put the measuring cup into the bag of flour and scoop out the portion you need. I strongly caution you against that!

Your flour will be too compacted into the measuring cup and you will be adding too much flour! Try the spoon method – or as my grandmother called it- lightening the flour.

If you lightly spoon the flour into the measuring cup until it’s just full, and then level the top with the flat part of a knife, you will be using a little less flour than if you crammed it in the measuring cup; but the finished baked bread will be a little less heavy too.

I actually did an experiment measuring my flour both ways and found that by cramming the measuring cup into the bag and packing in the flour, I used a total of 3/8 cup EXTRA total flour! That’s huge! I now understand why professional bakers and those in other countries weigh their flour – and I might start doing this!

At any rate, if you do the spoon method and NOT pack it in, you will have just the correct amount of flour for this homemade bread recipe.

Add the flours, salt and yeast to the top of the liquid. You are good to go now!

Step 3: Bake the bread – the Settings

And this is where is gets tricky… because your bread machine might have different settings than mine. This is what I do using my Cuisinart bread maker. I’d love to hear how it works on yours!

I set my bread machine for:

• white bread – it’s setting number one
• medium crust, and
• medium- sized load

It will take about 3 and a half hours once you press the start button. But once you say “go” – it’s just set it and forget it! Soon your house will smell amazing and you’ll be eating thick slices of crusty, warm, hearty wheat bread!

Some FAQs

Serving suggestions

Spread a little (vegan) butter and spread a little love!

Top with jam or jelly! I also love a healthy dollop of my Peach Butter with Pineapple and Amaretto on top!

Yes, we eat this for breakfast! And it would make a great after school snack.

Slice and use for sandwich bread.

It’s so big and hearty that one slice, cut in half, easily makes a filling satisfying sandwich.

How long will this homemade wheat bread keep?

I have no idea how long this homemade wheat bread will keep as we never keep it around longer than a day in my house…sorry (not sorry).

The printable recipe card for homemade wheat bread using a bread machine