Country White Loaf - for the bread machine
Fluffy, spongy, delicous, with a perfect chewy and flaky crust.
Equipment
- Bread Machine
Ingredients
1 lb loaf (500g)
- 1 cup water
- ¾ Tbsp olive oil
- ¾ Tbsp sugar
- 2¼ cups bread flour
- 1⅛ Tbsp corn starch
- 2¼ Tbsp powdered dry milk
- ¾ Tbsp vital wheat gluten flour
- 1⅛ tsp salt
- 1½ tsp active dry yeast
1.5 lb loaf (750g) - RECOMMENDED
- 1⅓ cup water
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 3 cups bread flour
- 1½ Tbsp corn starch
- 3 Tbsp powdered dry milk
- 1 Tbsp vital wheat gluten flour
- 1½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp active dry yeast
2 lb loaf (1000g)
- 1⅔ cup water
- 1¼ Tbsp olive oil
- 1¼ Tbsp sugar
- 3¾ cups bread flour
- 1¾ Tbsp corn starch heaping
- 3¾ Tbsp powdered dry milk
- 1¼ Tbsp vital wheat gluten flour
- 1¾ tsp salt heaping
- 2½ tsp active dry yeast
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to the pan of your bread machine, in the order recommended by your manufacturer.
- Bake on the basic, light bread, standard loaf setting for your machine.
- Allow to cool before slicing.
Notes
RECIPE UPDATE: Recently I have attempted making this bread into a sandwich bun (hoagie style) and I have to say it is fantastic. Like Portillo's and Jimmy John's sandwiches got together.
To make the sandwich buns:
- Prepare the dough as typical, setting your bread machine to 'Dough'
- Remove the dough and separate into 4 (for large hoagies) or 8 (for individual servings) portions.
- Roll the dough into rolls or buns. Transfer to baking sheet and cover. Allow to rise for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Transfer to wire rack and allow to cool before serving.