Homemade White Bread

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Make your own Homemade White Bread with this easy white bread recipe! There’s nothing better than the smell of homemade bread baking!

Freshly baked bread is one of my favorite smells!  It reminds me of my Grandma.  My Grandma is the one who taught me how to make homemade bread and inspired my love of baking! This is my go to recipe for Homemade White Bread.  This recipe makes just a single loaf, but can be doubled to make two.  If you don’t consider yourself an expert baker don’t worry.  This recipe is an easy white bread recipe.  If you’re looking for something a little more healthy you might like my Whole Wheat Bread recipe.

How to make a loaf of homemade white bread:

1. Mix the dough according to the recipe directions.  After mixing in 3 cups of the flour, add the last cup of flour a 1/4 cup at a time.  You may not need the entire last cup of flour.  Once the dough forms a soft dough and is only slightly sticky to the touch.  As you can see in the picture below, my dough is pulling away from the sides of the mixer bowl but still sticking to the bottom a little.  Cover the dough and let it rise until doubled.  This will take 40-60 minutes.
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3. Dump the risen dough onto a lightly floured surface.  I don’t really punch it down.  I just squish it into a bread loaf shape and place it in a greased bread pan.
4. Cover and let rise until doubled as shown above.  This will take 40-60 minutes.
5. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes, then tent with foil.  Continue to bake for another 20-25 minutes.  The loaf should sound hollow when thumped.  Run a small cube of butter over the top of the loaf and cool for 10 minutes in the bread before turning it out onto a wire rack to completely cool.
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Commonly asked questions about yeast bread recipes:

Why is my homemade bread so dry?

Too much flour!  Your dough should be a little sticky to the touch.  Don’t add or knead in so much flour that you have a tough, non-stick dough.

How do you proof bread quickly?

To make yeast bread recipes rise fast you can preheat your oven set at any temperature for about 45 seconds.  Turn your oven off and place some sort of baking dish with boiling water in it inside the oven.  Then place your mixing bowl of dough, covered with a dish towel in your oven.  It will be warm and steamy causing your dough to rise faster.

How long does homemade bread last?

About 3 days if wrapped up well in saran wrap.

If you love baking like I do then you will want to check out these other yeast bread recipes!

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Soft Oatmeal Dinner Rolls

Homemade French Bread

Mozzarella Green Onion Rolls

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Homemade White Bread Recipe

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• Author: Mindee
• Prep Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
• Cook Time: 45 minutes
• Total Time: 3 hours 15 minutes
• Yield: 1 Loaf 1x
• Category: Bread
• Method: Baking
• Cuisine: American

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Make your own Homemade White Bread with this easy white bread recipe! There’s nothing better than the smell of homemade bread baking!

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Ingredients

• 1 1/2 Cups Warm Water
• 3 Tbs . Sugar
• 1 Tbs . Active Dry Yeast
• 4 Tbs . room temperature Butter
• 1 1/2 tsp Salt
• 3–4 Cups All Purpose Flour

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Instructions

1. In the bowl of a stand mixer, dissolve the yeast and sugar in the warm water. Let stand 5 minutes to get foamy.
2. Mix in the butter, salt, and 3 cups of the flour with a dough hook.
3. Once well combined, add the last cup of flour 1/4 cup at a time until the dough forms a ball, pulls away from the sides of the bowl and is only slightly sticky to the touch. YOU MAY NOT NEED THE ENTIRE LAST CUP OF FLOUR.
4. Knead for 3 minutes at medium speed.
5. Cover the bowl with a dish cloth and allow dough to rise until doubled. This will take up to 45 minutes.
6. Dump the risen dough out onto a lightly floured surface and shape into a loaf.  Place in a greased bread pan.
7. Cover and let rise until doubled.  This will take up to 60 minutes.
8. Bake the bread at 350 degrees, for 20 minutes, tent with some tin foil and continue to bake another 20-25 minutes. Your bread loaf should sound hollow when thumped.
9. Run a small cube of butter over the top the hot bread loaf. Let cool for 10 minutes in the bread pan before turning it out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

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Keywords: homemade bread, white bread

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Last Updated on September 30, 2019