Baking
Homemade White Bread
| Level: intermediate |
Total Time: 3 hours 10 min |
Yield: 40 slices |
This recipe is brought to you by DeepSouth Texas’ channel for Homemade Bread for Beginners. My wife has a severe allergy to tree nuts, sesame seeds, and pine nuts. We were having issues finding a basic store bought bread that accommodates these restrictions. We have tried over a dozen or more recipes and have found this to be perfect for sandwiches or toast!
Homemade White Bread
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This simple basic Homemade white bread is great for everyday sandwiches or melts! It has a short list of ingredients and is made without a bread machine. The recipe as written makes 3 loaves of homemade bread. For a machine bread recipe please visit our baking page on our website.
Equipment
- 3 bread loaf pans 8.5" x 4.5"
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 teaspoons Instant yeast 2 packages
- 3 teaspoons Granulated sugar
- 3 cups Lukewarm water 95° F – 100° F
- 7 cups Bread flour
- 3 teaspoons Kosher salt
- 2 Tablespoons Oil we use avocado oil but any vegetable cooking oil will do.
Instructions
- Note: You will use 3 loaf pans for this recipe. The pans can be prepped at a later time after the dough prep and rise.
- In a medium bowl, add the yeast and sugar to the lukewarm water. Stir to dissolve.
- In a separate large mixing bowl stir together the flour and salt. Add the water mixture and oil. Combine with a fork until the dough is shaggy.
- Turn the dough onto a lightly floured work surface. Knead the dough for 7 minutes or until when a finger inserted into the dough bounces back slightly.
- Roll the dough into a smooth ball shape by grabbing the edges and folding them into the center.
- Put the dough ball back into a lightly greased bowl, (make sure if you are using a steel bowl it needs to be warmed up with warm water). Cover with a clean towel, & let it sit for 1 hour.
- Punch the gas out of the dough. Roll the dough onto a lightly floured work surface. Spread out the dough using your fingertips. Using a bench scraper, cut the dough it into 3 even pieces. Form each piece into a smooth ball. Sprinkle some flour on top of the dough balls, cover with a clean cloth, then rest the dough on the counter for 15 minutes. While the dough is resting, grease the 3 loaf pans.
- Using one of the dough balls, shape into an oval using your fingertips. Grab the sides of the oval, stretching out the dough and folding it at an angle into a triangle shape. Roll the dough into a bread-loaf shape starting at the tip of triangle. Repeat with the other 2 balls.
- Sprinkle a little more flour onto each of the dough balls and put the dough into the greased baking pans. Rest for 1 hour.
- After 30 minutes preheat oven to 400° F. Bake the loaves for 40 Minutes.
- Remove the loaves from the oven and carefully roll them out onto a drying rack to cool.
- Brush some melted butter on top of the bread to stay nice & soft.
Notes
- You can go to the DeepSouthTexas channel and the Homemade Bread for Beginners to watch the video to make this bread.
- We have used different types of flour and found for us personally we like the bread flour the best, the whole wheat was too heavy and got too full too quickly. The all-purpose flour was just not enough bread flavor.
- Instant yeast vs. active yeast: Personally, I found the Instant yeast to be more forgiving and doesn’t require sugar to be added to make the active yeast bloom. Sugar can help add flavor to the bread. Too much sugar makes it almost a dessert bread.
- Since we do live in a high altitude state, we need to make sure the bread has enough water otherwise it’s too dry and falls apart.
- Also, something to note if you know your oven runs hotter or colder you might need to adjust the temperature when baking the bread.