White Bread

White bread, great for sandwiches!

Overview

Yield: 2 (big) loaves

Ingredients

Dough

  • 4.5tsp instant yeast
  • .75cup + 2.67 cup warm water
  • .25cup granulated sugar
  • 1tbsp salt
  • 3tbsp unsalted butter, room temp, cubed
  • 9.5cup AP flour
  • 3tbsp unsalted butter, melted

Steps

Day before

  1. In stand mixer bowl mix .75 cups warm water and instant yeast, wait a couple minutes
  2. Add in sugar, salt, cubed butter, and 5 cups flour
  3. Using paddle attachment, mix until well combined
  4. Switch to dough hook on low, and add 1 cup at a time to mix, wait to combine before adding more
  5. Butter inside of large bowl, place loaf inside, cover, and let rise for 45 minutes (it will get a lot bigger)
  6. Punch down dough and divide into 2 equal pieces
  7. Grease 2 standard loaf pans with butter
  8. Pat into 9"x12" rectangle, roll up rectangle from short end, pinch sides and tuck under, place into loaf pans
  9. Cover and let rise for additional 30 minutes
  10. Preheat oven to 400°F
  11. Bake for 35 minutes, rotating trays when halfway through
  12. Remove from oven, move to cooling rack, wait until completely cool before slicing.

Sources

https://www.browneyedbaker.com/white-bread-recipe/

Images

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