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Homemade Sandwich Bread

5 from 1 vote
Make this homemade yeast bread at home that yields two loaves of delicious sandwich bread within a few hours.
Course: Drinks

Ingredients
  

  • 400 g warm milk
  • 3 tsp instant yeast
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tbsp organic raw cane sugar
  • 5 tbsp melted butter
  • 1 tbsp melted butter for bread tops
  • 2 tbsp butter for greasing loaf pans
  • 750 g all-purpose flour
  • 2 1/2 tsp real salt
  • 1 tbsp avocado or olive oil optional for greasing bowl

Equipment

  • standing mixer
  • 8 quart bowl or larger
  • 2 loaf pans

Method
 

  1. Begin with adding milk, yeast, eggs, sugar, and melted butter to create a yeast mixture in the standing mixer’s bowl.
  2. Then weigh out flour and add it to the yeast mixture in the bowl, making sure to add the salt to the standing mixer bowl last.
  3. Knead the dough for 18 minutes on low in your standing mixer. Set a timer because this step is very important to the success of your dough.
  4. While the mixer is kneading, use butter or an oil like avocado or olive to lightly grease the bottom and sides of an 8 quart bowl.
  5. When the timer goes off, transfer the sticky dough to the greased bowl. Cover the bowl with a towel or plastic wrap and let it rise for at least 30 minutes, no more than 1 hour. If you use plastic wrap, let is lie loosely on the bowl’s top. This dough will rise pretty high!
  6. Use 1 tbsp of butter to grease your two loaf pans.
  7. Then remove risen dough from the greased bowl and break into two dough balls.
  8. Taking one dough ball at a time, stretch and roll dough into a small log that will fit nicely into your loaf pan. Then repeat for the second dough ball.
  9. Cover loaves with a damp tea towel or loose plastic wrap and let rise for 30 minutes.
  10. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  11. Next, remove tea towel or plastic wrap from loaves and place pans in the oven. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. Set a timer at the 20 minute mark to check for browning of loaf tops.
  12. Once loaves are done, the tops will be a rich medium brown color. Brush on melted butter to the tops of the loaves and allow them to cool down about 15-20 minutes before slicing. This will ensure the inside doesn't become gummy when slicing through hot bread.

Notes

For more recipes like this and how to use this recipe for cinnamon rolls and hot dog and hamburger buns, visit www.johnsonhomenc.com