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White Sandwich Bread for The Bread Machine

Sometimes you just need an easy recipe for a sandwich bread that you can toss in the bread machine, and know that later it’s the fluffy, white, slice-able bread that you need it to be. This recipe is sized for a 1 lb bread machine, and can be easily scaled up for larger loaves.

After years of baking, this is still my go-to sandwich bread recipe.

Equipment I use:

Bread Machine

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The Perfect Sandwich Bread

Whether it's for peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches, or a savory and amazing grilled cheese, sometimes you just need that one-stop perfect sandwich bread. And isn't it great when it can be made super easily with a bread machine?
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours
Total Time 3 hours 5 minutes
Course Bread
Cuisine American
Servings 1 1 lb loaf

Equipment

  • Bread Machine

Ingredients
  

1 lb (500g) loaf – RECOMMENDED

  • ¾ cup water luke-warm
  • 2 cups bread flour
  • 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ Tbsp granulated sugar
  • 2 ½ Tbsp dry milk (powdered milk)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 ½ Tbsp butter unsalted, cubed
  • 1 tsp active dry yeast

1.5 lb (750g) loaf

  • 1 cup water luke-warm
  • cups bread flour
  • Tbsp all-purpose flour
  • Tbsp granulated sugar
  • Tbsp powdered dry milk
  • tsp salt
  • Tbsp butter
  • tsp active dry yeast

2 lb (1000g) loaf

  • cup water
  • 4 cup bread flour
  • 4 Tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 3 Tbsp granulated sugar
  • 5 Tbsp dry powdered milk
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 3 Tbsp butter
  • 2 tsp active dry yeast

Instructions
 

  • Add the ingredients into the baking pan of your bread machine in the order recommended by your manufacturer.
  • Select the Soft mode on your bread machine, if possible select Normal crust.
  • Depending on your bread machine, it will likely run this bread mode for approximately 3 hours.
  • Once the bread machine has completed the cycles, gently remove the loaf from the baking pan and allow it to cool completely before slicing.

Notes

  • This recipe was made for a 1 lb bread machine. To use this recipe in larger bread machines, multiply the ingredients accordingly.
Keyword bread, bread machine, easy, sandwich, white

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