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This recipe tastes amazing, you can make as much or as little as you need, and it only used a minimal amount of flour. A great recipe for an electric breadmaker - or do it the traditional way. This easy white bread has been triple-tested by our cookery team and nutritionally analysed. You can have Simple White Bread using 8 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Simple White Bread
- It’s 1 2/3 cup of lukewarm water, divided.
- You need 2 1/4 tsp. of active dry yeast.
- You need 1 tsp. of sugar.
- You need 1 Tbsp. of honey.
- It’s 1 tsp. of salt.
- Prepare 1 1/2 Tbsp. of unsalted butter, cubed, room temperature.
- You need 4 cups of flour (+ additional 1/2 cup for rolling out dough, etc.).
- Prepare 1 Tbsp. of melted butter (to brush tops of loaves).
Find more bread and baking recipes at BBC Good Food. Seems simple enough, but seriously, not a better recipe out there for basic white bread. This one has a soft, fluffy texture and a flavor that’s perfectly balanced. It really is the best sandwich bread.
Simple White Bread instructions
- In mixer bowl, combine half of the lukewarm water with the active dry yeast and sugar. Allow to sit at room temperature for 15 minutes..
- Add remaining water, honey, salt, cubed butter and 4 cups flour..
- Mix in mixer with dough hook attachment on low speed for 5 to 10 minutes or until dough becomes soft and non sticky..
- It is done mixing when it pulls off mixer bowl walls..
- Grease a large glass bowl and place dough inside. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise in dry warm area for 45 minutes. It should appear to have doubled in size..
- Once it has risen, remove plastic wrap..
- Turn dough out onto clean floured surface and divide equally into 2 halves..
- Using your finger, press dough halves into flattened rectangles. This pushes out air bubbles..
- Roll each tightly into rolls and pinch seams together. Fold over ends under rolls to create loaves..
- Places each loaf into greased bread baking dish..
- Grease top part of plastic wrap to prevent dough from sticking and securely wrap around loaf pans..
- Allow to rise another 45 minutes. They should once again double in size..
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place baking dishes in center of oven and bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown..
- Turn out on cooling rack and brush tops of each with melted butter..
- Allow to completely cool before slicing. Enjoy!.
And best of all, the recipe couldn’t be easier to make! With just a handful of ingredients and a method that’s simple as can be, this white bread recipe is sure to be on heavy rotation in your kitchen. In a large bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Stir in lard, salt and two cups of the flour. Chef John’s White Bread “Almost identical to the bread Grandma made every Saturday.” - Sonshine.