Orange Honey Cracked Wheat Bread

1 1/3 cups unsweetened orange juice

1/4 cup nonfat dry milk

1 1/2 tsp salt

1/4 cup liquid honey

2 tbsp shortening or vegetable oil

3 3/4 cups bread flour

2/3 cup cracked wheat

2 tsp orange zest

1 1/2 tsp bread machine yeast

1. Measure ingredients into baking pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Insert pan into the oven chamber.
2. Select Basic Cycle.

Recipe from 250 Best American Bread Machine Baking Recipes.

THINGS I CHANGED:

• More orange zest.  I don't know how much more because I didn't measure it.  I zested two oranges into the pan.  I'm a big fan of orage and orange zest.  Mmmm...

WHAT I LEARNED:

• Honey is a really good sweetener for bread machine bread.  There's no sugar in this recipe, but the bread was insanely good and very soft.  My bread machine breads are sometimes a little dry, but this was really enjoyable without anything on it.

OVERALL OPINIONS:

We all liked it.  I ate mine without butter, as did Emma.  Bill and Georgia had a little bit of butter on theirs.  As far as bread machine bread goes, this is very moist, favorful bread.  I'll make it again for certain.