Our egg bread is buttery, rich, and delicious. It makes the best toast and sandwiches! This recipe makes 2 loaves.
You might also like our Amish white bread, our cinnamon swirl bread, or our jalapeno cheese bread!
Watch our step by step video!
When you have a flock of backyard chickens you are frequently looking for ways to use up fresh eggs. We have German pancakes on repeat over here because they are a great way to put those eggs to use! I’m thinking that egg bagels may be in our future too.
Homemade Egg Bread
I took our favorite Amish white bread recipe and made a few adaptations to create these delicious egg bread loaves. Rich, buttery, soft, and so so yummy. My family likes this better than Amish white bread!
Egg bread uses milk instead of water, butter instead of oil, and adds 3 eggs. The egg yolks give the bread a slightly yellow color. You can brush the tops of the loaves with melted butter or an egg wash right out of the oven. I like using melted butter because it adds great flavor. An egg wash would give the loaves a golden, crusty top, and if you’d like to sprinkle the loaves with seeds it gives them something to stick to.
Egg Bread Ingredients
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- 2 cups milk
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 6 cups all-purpose flour (or bread flour), divided
- 2 pkgs. active dry yeast (4 1/2 teaspoons)
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 eggs
- 2-3 tablespoons of butter for brushing onto loaves
How To Make 2 Loaves of Egg Bread
Heat milk, sugar, and butter in a microwave-safe bowl (or heat over the stove) until the butter begins to melt. Stir. The milk should be around 115-120 degrees. This should take around 90 seconds.
In a large bowl combine 3 cups of the flour, yeast, and salt. Pour the milk mixture into the dry ingredients. Add eggs and mix well. Add the remaining 3 cups of flour and mix until soft dough forms. The dough will be soft and slightly stickier than other yeast breads.
Turn dough out on a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic. Place dough in an oiled bowl and cover it with a damp cloth or plastic. Let rise in a warm location for 1 hour.
Punch the dough down and divide it into 2 portions.
Shape each portion into a loaf shape, pinch the ends to seal, and place loaves in greased loaf pans.
Cover pans with a damp cloth and allow them to rise for 35 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Bake loaves for 30 minutes. Brush with butter. Let loaves sit in pans for 5 minutes before transferring them to wire racks to cool.
Egg Bread Recipe
Egg Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 6 cups all-purpose flour or bread flour, divided
- 2 pkgs. yeast 4 1/2 teaspoons
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 3 eggs
- butter for brushing onto loaves
Instructions
- Heat milk, sugar, and butter in a microwave-safe bowl (or heat over the stove) for 90 seconds or until the butter begins to melt. Stir. The milk should be around 115-120 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl combine 3 cups of flour, yeast, and salt. Pour milk mixture into dry ingredients. Add eggs and mix well. Add remaining 3 cups of flour and mix until soft dough forms. The dough will be soft and slightly stickier than other yeast bread.
- Turn dough out on a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic. Place dough in an oiled bowl and cover with a damp cloth or plastic. Let rise in a warm location for 1 hour.
- Punch dough down and divide into 2 portions.
- Shape each portion into a loaf shape and place loaves in greased bread pans (9"x5").
- Cover pans with a damp cloth and allow to rise for 35 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Bake loaves for 30 minutes. Brush with butter. Let loaves sit in pans for 5 minutes before transferring to wire cooling racks.
Notes
Nutrition
What kind of mixer is best for making bread?
I have a Kitchenaid stand mixer that I use on a regular basis with the dough hook on low speed, but honestly, most of the time I mix my bread by hand with a Danish dough whisk. Works great!
WHAT IS THE BEST KIND OF FLOUR TO USE?
I always use bread flour or all-purpose, whichever one I have on hand. My favorite brand is King Arthur. You can use all white flour or a mixture of white and wheat flour. I have not used this recipe for 100% whole wheat bread, but I’m sure you could.
CAN YOU USE INSTANT AND DRY ACTIVE YEAST INTERCHANGEABLY?
For the most part, I use whatever yeast is available. Most of the time it’s the instant yeast that comes in a large package from Sam’s Club. When I use dry active yeast I add 10-15 minutes to the rise time.
WHERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO LET THE DOUGH RISE?
A warm place is a perfect place for yeast to do its thing. I preheat my oven for 60 seconds then shut the heat off. I place my bowl of dough with a damp cloth or plastic wrap (that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray) covering it inside my oven.
Dough Rising Hack!
Use a shower cap to cover your bowl. They come in a pack of 10 on Amazon or at Walmart for a couple of bucks and can be reused over and over!
Hello,can this be used as a base for Easter bread? Thanks.
Hi Lena, I haven’t made easter bread before, but it’s a versatile dough that would probably be fine!
Love this recipe comes out great every time I make it 😋
Deloris, I love hearing that!
Can you make the dough, let it rise, then refrigerate for a couple days. Bring the dough out let it warm up then knead and bake.
Thoughts?
I will be using this for a middle school cooking class.
Hi! I haven’t ever tried doing that, but I’m sure that you could. Let me see what I can find…
ok, King Arthur is always a trusted source. Here is what they said: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2021/09/28/how-to-refrigerate-bread-dough-to-bake-later#:~:text=The%20answer%20is%20yes!,it%20with%20almost%20any%20recipe.
I made this for the first time last night and LOVED it. It had a great flavor and texture and was very easy to make. I loved the step-by-step instructions and video. The dough was super sticky and runny but once I added more flour it was perfect. I am making more again today and I will make 3 loaves this time because the loaves were huge. Thanks for the Awesome recipe. ❤️
Wonderful to hear Cindy!
The best bread ever! So soft and fluffy! And such big loaves! I have found my go to white bread recipe.
Yay! So glad to hear!
I made this bread tonight. It is so good. the bread is soft inside with a great crust. 2 big gorgeous loaves. this is a keeper. love that it has warm milk, butter and eggs. The flavor is so much better. this is going in my cook book. june davenport
June, this made my day! So glad you liked it!
It’s new year’s eve and I wanted to make 2 loaves, one for us and one for my favorite neighbor ever! She’s alone and doesn’t really cook or bake but loves special, thoughtful gifts. I just packaged up one of these loaves for her and added some tamales I made, in addition to a custom card. I think this simple yet delicious bread is going to be perfect for her!! I’m no stranger to baking bread loaves but this recipe is fabulous. I tented with foil after 5min, pulled for a half & half brushing after the 15th minute, uncovered, and then did a quick pass with butter on the top once pulled from oven! It left the most perfect crust! I cannot thank you enough for this luxurious egg bread recipe.
I love this so much! What a sweet neighbor you are!
This bread recipe make wonderfully delicious bread – very soft and fluffy. I followed the recipe as written. I made 1 regular loaf and the other a cinnamon swirl loaf. I’ve been searching for a bread recipe that includes eggs. Thank you very much for creating and posting your recipe!
Yay! I’m so glad you liked it Kathleen!
Woooooooow! Just taken them out of the oven and they are so divine! Taste great! The texture is great….. all on point! Thank you for sharing this recipe…… actually I am leaving for my cousin’s house in 10 mins so we enjoy a cup of tea with these freshly baked rolls!
Yay! So glad to hear!
Would I simply double the ingredients to get 4 loaves?
Yep!
I just did this recipe and my husband and I loved. Simple, fast and delicious. Truly recommend it.
Thanks Monica! So glad to hear!
Love this recipe! It’s my every week, go-to bread recipe now.
Susan, I’m so glad to hear this! 🙂
I made this recipe and it was so soft and fluffy. So delicious and the bread rose so dang high lol. I’m getting ready to make this recipe again and I’m going to use half whole wheat flour and half AP flour and instead of sugar I’m going to add honey. This recipe is so easy to make and sure doesn’t last long in my house!
Yay! So glad to hear. It’s one of my favorites too because it always turns out good!
I made this recipe as I am always trying out new ones. It has to be the prettiest loaves I ever did see. And so tall. Almost 7 inches. I can’t wait for it to cool so I can have a slice!
Cynthia, I’m so glad to hear this!
Muchos Gracias for your blog Awesome
Let them rise in the pan a little longer than suggested, may have been a little colder in my house. But they turned out fabulous! Will definitely make this again, thank you.
Yay! I’m so glad you liked the bread!
Love this recipe! It is the closest to store bought I’ve found in texture and moisture, but the taste is oh so much better than store bought. My search for a bread recipe is over! 🙂 I made one regular loaf of bread with half the batch and with the other half I made 4 loaves similar to Subway bread to make sub sandwiches for our picnic tomorrow. Thank you sooo much for sharing this great recipe! It reminds me of the bread my mama and grandma used to make. <3
Great idea to make sub sandwich rolls with it! I need to do that!
Soft, spongy, PERFECT! I used half APF, half bread flour. Then, after dividing the dough into 2 loaves, I cut 3 strands in each and made 2 gorgeous braided loaves. I think next time I may try an egg and cream wash to get a nice sheen, but the butter wash was delectable! <3
So glad to hear!
Great recipe, made it yesterday, followed the recipe carefully. Sorry to say but often in baking or cooking in general, a little common sense is needed. I’ve made many bread recipes and they were all good. I do believe the weather and altitude affects baking. I like your recipe because of the 3 eggs & wonder what 4 eggs would do to the dough, just curious. I read that using eggs in yeast bread keeps the bread from going stale over 3 to 4 days. That’s not a problem in my house tho. My crew eats it as a snack, with or without butter. The baking bread permeates every inch of my house and before you know it, everyone is in the kitchen waiting for the just out of the oven treasure!
Glad to hear it turned out great for you! Yes, I wonder if 4 eggs would make an even richer bread!
I just made this bread, it’s beautiful, easy and my neighbors are going crazy because the smell is going out and down the hallway.
It’s my new Favorite bread recipe
So glad to hear this!
This bread is awesome. The eggs and milk make the bread so rich. And it’s surprisingly easy compared to other recipes I’ve tried. I make four loaves each week and it is always a joy to make. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
So glad to hear!!
Wow what an absolute waste of milk and flour. Sorry to say this dough never came together and was too sticky to deal with.
It’s a slightly stickier dough, as mentioned in the recipe. Add a little more flour to make it easier to work with and it should be fine.
Because of that nasty comment I made 4 loaves and shared with friends! Your recipe is great and anyone reading my review should not take that negative comment as gospel!
Thank you Lois!! 🙂
My go to basic recipe!
Sometimes I even teeek it with additions like cheese or an egg and sometimes flavored oils.
Thank you for this recipe.
That sounds delicious!
How long to bake them if making rolls out of them?
https://gluesticksblog.com/dinner-rolls-recipe/ You can use this recipe as a guide for making them into rolls. The recipes are similar. You’d bake them for 18-20 minutes.
I’m new to bread making from scratch. I’ve made this recipe twice now and it is amazing! Soft and fluffy without being gummy. Great texture and did I mention fluffy? Such an improvement over the first recipe I tried. Thank you for sharing!
I’m so glad to hear this, Wendy!
Bread was great keeps really well and freezes great. Wrapped in plastic wrap in 1/2 loaves and then in freezer wrap
So glad to hear!