This Easy Homemade White Bread Recipe is perfect for toasted sandwiches, as Garlic Bread, or even used as bread crumbs for other dishes like Hatch Green Chile Meatloaf. Plus, it's much healthier than the shelf-stable store-bought alternatives and is one of the best bread loaves to start with as a beginner baker.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
If you have never made homemade bread before, you're in for a treat. The aroma that fills your home is so warm and comforting. Then, taking it out of the oven is such a gratifying experience. Another great bread loaf that's easy to make and super flavorful is this Rustic Rosemary Bread. You are going to love both of these!
Ingredients
Dry: You'll need All-Purpose Flour, Active Dry Yeast, and Kosher Salt.
Wet: Make sure to have Pure Maple Syrup, Olive Oil, and Water.
See the recipe card below for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1: Mix 1 ½ cups of flour with the syrup, yeast, oil, and warm water. Let the mixture sit for about 20 minutes, then add the remaining flour and salt. Allow this mixture to rest for about another 10 minutes.
Knead the dough ball on a floured surface for around 5 minutes. You will feel it start to firm up.
Step 2: Place your kneaded dough ball into a large oiled or buttered Glass mixing bowl and allow it to rise for about 90 minutes or until it has doubled.
Step 3: Ball the dough up and put it in a buttered 9x5 loaf pan. Allow to proof for 1 hour or until it has started spilling over the top edges of the pan. While the bread is rising, preheat the oven to 350° F.
Brush the top of the loaf with melted butter and bake for 35 minutes.
Step 4: Remove the loaf from its pan and place it on a cooling rack for 30 minutes before slicing.
Expert Tips
- Be sure not to use too much flour when kneading the dough. The extra flour ends up mixed into the dough. When this happens, the flour-to-water ratio is off, resulting in dryer, more crumbly bread.
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📖 Recipe
Easy Homemade White Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 ½ Cups Unbleached All Purpose flour.
- ⅛ Cup Maple Syrup
- 1 Packet Active Dry Yeast
- ⅛ Cup Olive Oil
- 1 ½ Cups Warm Water
- 1 tsp. Kosher Salt
Instructions
- Mix 1 ½ cups of the flour, with the syrup, yeast, oil and warm water and stir to combine.
- Allow the mixture to sit for about 20 minutes.
- Mix in the remaining flour and salt.
- Let the mixture rest for another 10 minutes.
- Knead the ball of dough on a floured surface for about 5 minutes. Be sure not to use too much flour on the surface or you will end up with dry bread.
- Place the kneaded dough ball in a glass or steel bowl that has been wiped with oil or butter and allow to rise for about 90 minutes. It should double in size.
- Roll up your dough and place in a buttered or oiled 9x5 Loaf pan and allow the dough to proof for about an hour. The dough should be over the top of the pan.
- Preheat oven to 350° F
- Brush the top of the loaf with melted butter.
- Bake for 35 minutes.
- Remove the loaf from the oven and pan. Place it on a cooling rack and allow to cool before slicing.
Notes
- Be sure not to use too much flour when kneading the dough. The extra flour ends up mixed into the dough. When this happens, the flour-to-water ratio is off, resulting in dryer, more crumbly bread.
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