Kitchens RecipesBreadAmerican
White Sandwich Bread
- Prep
- 2 hr 40 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 3 hr 10 min
- Serves
- 1 loaf (12 slices)
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Notes
This recipe is an adaptation of a bread recipe attributed to Julia Childs. I’ve reduced to recipe to make one loaf and converted the orginal mesurements to weights in grams.
Ingredients
- 525 grams of bread flour
- 6 grams of active dry yeast
- 60 grams of softened butter (1/4 cup)
- 20 grams of salt
- 10 grams of sugar
- 1 1/4 Cup of hot water (105 - 110 degrees F)
Instructions
- Place sugar, yeast and half of the warm water into the bowl of stand mixer. Let yeast bloom for 5 minutes. Make sure the dough hook attachment is on the stand mixer.
- Add the remaining water, and half of the flour to the stand mixer. Combine on low medium until the dough is shaggy.
- Add the remaining flour, the butter and salt. Mix on medium for 10 minutes. Optionally, you can knead the dough by hand for 10 minutes.
- Remove the dough from the stand mixer bowl onto a clean work surface. Knead the dough a few times to ensure that it has a smooth texture.
- Return the dought the stand mixer bowl, and allow the dough to rise for an hour and half.
- Return the do to a clean work surface and punch the dough down. After punching down the dough, roll or stretch into a rectangular shape. Then folder the dough three times, like folding a letter to form a loaf. Place the dough in a greased loaf pan. Let the dough rise for 1 hour more prior to baking
- Bake the dough at 375 for thirty minutes. Let the dough cool completely before slicing and serving.