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?

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 3 hours hrs

Total Time 3 hours hrs 5 minutes mins

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
• 2½ cups bread flour
• 2½ Tbsp all-purpose flour
• 2¼ Tbsp granulated sugar
• 3¾ Tbsp powdered dry milk
• 1½ tsp salt
• 2¼ Tbsp butter
• 1½ tsp active dry yeast

2 lb (1000g) loaf

• 1½ 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.

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