posted 1 hour ago
I don't use a bread machine, but to me the recipe seems to have a lot of liquid.
Any bread recipe I use that has 3 cups of flour has at most 1 cup of liquid. On top of that you have an egg and a good lot of butter, and that much brown sugar usually adds to the liquid more than that quantity of a flour might, for example.
(i agree with your 1 t and 1 envelope seeming about right for instant dry yeast)
and I would absolutely salvage it by adding more flour.
Hopefully someone who uses a machine can hop in with a proven recipe.