Homemade White Bread

3h
Prep Time
30-40m
Cook Time
3h 30m
Ready In

Recipe: #7864

November 28, 2011



"I have made this recipe for decades. It always turns out wonderful. Making bread takes alittle while to make, but is so worth it. Your house will smell divine!! If you do not have powdered milk, you can heat 2 cups of milk or 1 cup of milk and 1 cup of water into a small saucepan to 120 degrees on a candy thermometer and omit the 2 cups of hot water then. Note:Only add enough flour to make a dough that can be easily handled. Additional flour can be worked in during kneading. On humid days, the dough may need more flour than indicated. The amount of bread slices you get (servings) depends on how thick or thin you slice the bread."

Original is 24 servings

Nutritional

  • Serving Size: 1 (58.3 g)
  • Calories 145.4
  • Total Fat - 5.3 g
  • Saturated Fat - 0.8 g
  • Cholesterol - 0.4 mg
  • Sodium - 199.1 mg
  • Total Carbohydrate - 22.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber - 3.1 g
  • Sugars - 2.4 g
  • Protein - 4 g
  • Calcium - 14.2 mg
  • Iron - 1 mg
  • Vitamin C - 0 mg
  • Thiamin - 0.2 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Grease a large mixing bowl and set aside.

Step 2

In another large mixing bowl, add the yeast, salt, sugar, oil, and hot water. Mix ingredients together for 2 minutes on medium speed.

Step 3

Add 2-1/2 cups of flour and the powdered milk and mix for another 2 minutes.

Step 4

With a wooden spoon, stir in 3 cups of bread flour. Remove the dough from the bowl out onto a lightly floured counter top or table.

Step 5

Knead the dough for 10 minutes until smooth and elastic. You may need to sprinkle a little flour on your dough or counter top a couple of times as you knead until it doesn’t stick to your surface any more.

Step 6

Place the dough into the greased bowl and then flip the dough over so greased side is up. Cover with a piece of plastic wrap; don’t tighten it down, just lay it over the bowl loosely. The plastic keeps the dough from drying out too much.

Step 7

Let the dough rise until double in a warm place It can be a sunny window or on a warm clothes dryer that is running. It can rise as quickly as 45 minutes in those warm places. Otherwise, it can take up to 1 hour to 1½ hours depending on the temperature in your house. (If you are not sure if the bread has doubled, you can test the dough by pressing the dough on the top with the tips of your two fingers. Press lightly and quickly about 1/2 inch into the dough. If the impression stays, the dough is doubled and is ready to be shaped into the pans. If the indent disappears quickly, it needs a little more time; cover and let rise a bit longer)

Step 8

Lightly grease 2 bread loaf pans with shortening.

Step 9

After the dough has risen, remove the dough from the bowl and place it onto the counter. Divide dough in half and shape it into bread loaf pans. Cover with kitchen towel and let rise until doubled; approximately 45 minutes.

Step 10

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake for about 30-40 minutes (everyone's oven temperature varies, so keep that in mind) Loaves should be golden brown on the top. After bread is done, remove loaves from pans onto a wire rack to cool.

Step 11

Take a wet paper towel, and it can be really good and wet. Wipe off the tops of the baked loaves of bread while it is still hot. This does not make your bread soggy. It keeps the bread crust soft! But, you can skip this step if you want.

Step 12

Let it cool completely before cutting, if you can. If you insist on eating a slice of bread before it is cool, use a electric knife or a large serrated bread knife so the loaf doesn’t get squashed down when you are cutting it. Spread some butter on your slice of bread and enjoy!

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