Easy Honey Butter Sandwich Bread Recipe
Making your own bread shouldn’t be complicated or difficult. This sandwich bread recipe is super easy. And it produces a loaf of bread that you can be proud of.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups + 2 tbsp warm water between 110-115 degrees(!) or sub 1/4 cup of the water for warm milk (dairy or dairy free). This will help the bread to be even more soft and moist.
- 1 1/2 tbsp melted butter (or vegan butter alternative)
- 2 1/2 tbsp honey (or sugar if vegan)
- 2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast equivalent to one packet
- 3 3/4 cups + 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- In small bowl combine the active dry yeast, warm water, and honey (or sugar). Let the mixture sit for five minutes until it gets foamy.*If you choose to use instant yeast, just combine the yeast together with the warm water and honey or sugar and set aside while you prepare the dry ingredients*
- In large mixing bowl, thoroughly combine all of the dry ingredients (flours-salt). Add in the yeast mixture and combine until a dough forms.*At this point, move the dough to a flour covered surface and sprinkle a little more on top to facilitate kneading it*
- Knead the dough by hand for 8-10 minutes. Or if you have a bread maker - you should be fine using that.The dough shouldn’t be too sticky after you’re finished kneading it.If necessary, sprinkle a tad (up to 1/2 tbsp) more flour over the dough during the kneading process.
- Grease or oil the bowl that you took the dough out of. Return the ball of dough to the bowl, and roll it around to coat it all over with the oil/grease. *This will help it be more easy to work with later on*Loosely cover the bowl and let it sit until the dough is doubled in size. This should take around 45 minutes..
- After the 45 minutes, on a floured surface; form the dough with your hands (or rolling pin) into a rectangular shape.Tightly roll the dough into a longish cylinder shape. Make sure you tuck the ends of the dough in - so it will fit into the pan.Place the dough into a greased 9x5 inch loaf pan (use your fingers to make sure it’s all the way in). Cover the pan and let it sit for 30 minutes (after 10 minutes - preheat your oven to 375 degrees) until the dough has risen about an inch above the top of the pan.
- *If you’d like - brush the top of the loaf gently with an egg wash (an egg white combined with 1/4 teaspoon water) or a little melted butter before baking. This will give the crust a shinier look*Bake the bread for 15 minutes at 350 degrees. After 15 minutes is up - cover the bread loosely with foil. Bake the loaf for 15 more minutes until dark golden brown.
- Let the bread cool for a few minutes in the pan first, then remove it and place on a wire rack or other surface to cool completely before slicing or storing. This make take roughly 2-3 hours.**If you’re in an air conditioned or cool environment, it should take less time to cool*