Buttermilk Bread-Abm - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup buttermilk, plus
2 tablespoons buttermilk
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons butter, softened
3 1/4 cups bread flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast or 2 teaspoons bread machine yeast

Preparation

Do not use delayed bake feature.
1 1/2 lb.
loaf.
This recipe came with my Betty Crocker ABM and it's my favorite.
After reading the review, it prompts me to mention that I often take loaves out of my machine a little early because I don't care for hard crusts either. I then take some milk and pour it over the sides of the bread, about 1 tbs. at a time. Butter works well too. This softens the crust a little.