Easy Homemade Sandwich Bread Recipe {made from scratch}
It’s so easy to make your own sandwich bread at home, and that way you know there are no preservatives, dough conditioners, or other artificial ingredients. This is a homemade sandwich recipe made from scratch.
Ingredients:
4 tbsp unsalted butter
1.25 cups milk
2 tbsp honey
2.25 tsp instant yeast
15 oz all purpose flour (3 cups)*
2 tsp salt
Directions:
Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the milk and honey, and bring the temperature up to 115 degrees. Remove the pan from the heat (you don’t want the liquid to get hotter), then stir in the yeast. Let this mixture sit for 10 minutes until bubbly and foamy.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk to combine the flour and salt. Fit the machine with the dough hook, and pour in the liquid ingredients. Stir the ingredients with a spatula to roughly combine, then turn the dough hook onto medium low speed (level 3) and knead for 10 minutes. The dough will be sticky, and that’s okay (adding more flour would make the loaf denser). Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and let the dough double in size, which should take about 1 hour.
Lightly flour your countertop and spread the dough into an 8×8 inch square. Roll the dough like a cinnamon roll, and pinch the seam closed. Grease a loaf pan with butter, and place the bread roll seam side down into the pan, pressing the dough gently into the sides of the pan. Cover the loaf with plastic wrap and let it rise for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F, and place a sheet pan on the lowest shelf of the oven. Add enough boiling water to cover the bottom of the sheet pan, then bake the bread on the shelf above the water for 40-50 minutes until the inside registers 190 to 200 degrees on an instant read thermometer. If the bread gets too brown on top, cover it with a piece of aluminum foil. Let the bread cool completely on a wire rack before slicing it. Enjoy!
Storing: since there are no preservatives, the bread will only keep for a few days at room temperature. I recommend freezing any unused bread.
*If you can, use only 15 oz of flour for a lighter loaf. If it’s unbearably sticky, you can use up to 17.5 or 3.5 cups of flour, but it will be more dense, so try not to.
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Is there different bake times for Dark or Glass loaf pans?
can you mix the dough with a normal mixer instead of the one you have?
Great recipe good looking bread!
Will definitely try it, thanks for sharing
Is d yeast a vegetarian thing
How do I make it work if I dun have a dough mixer?
How u going to put yest in hot butter and milk.
is it required to do the water bath?
Can the dough rise over night in the refridgerator?
I have a sudden urge to make homemade bread.
You know what after a little bit of tweaking the flour measurements this recipe is pretty good.
Thank you so much :)
Joanne, thank you for this recipe. I ALMOST killed the yeast but not enough, so it still rose for me. I've only been making bread for the last several months, but this is definitely a favorite. Thanks, too, for your very clear and easy instructions!
I really love the way your website is laid out. Not only do you have the recipe that can be copied and pasted and printed out but you have the video next to it so you can actually see it done. Well done, can't wait to try some of these recipes.
I've made this twice but, the dough never rose. I've done everything like what you showed but I never got to succeed. Any advice?
i dont have a theometer how do i tell if it is 115f??
Hi can i substitute the honey with sugar?
Hi could i omit the honey?
This is by far one pf the best recipes I have seen in youtube for bread making.