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!
When you have a flock of backyard chickens you are frequently looking for ways to use up fresh eggs. We make German puffy 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.
I adapted our favorite Amish white bread recipe to create these delicious egg bread loaves. Rich, buttery, soft, and so so yummy. My family prefers this to Amish white bread.
Why I Like This Recipe
- Simple ingredients. 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 immediately after removing them from the oven. I like using melted butter because it adds great flavor. Versatile
- Versatile recipe. An egg wash would give the loaves an even more golden, crusty top, and if you’d like to sprinkle the loaves with seeds, it provides something for them to stick to.
- Makes two loaves at a time. If you are going to take the time and effort to make one loaf, you might as well make two. You can easily bake them at the same time in the oven, so I included measurements for making two loaves.
What Others Are Saying
Love this recipe comes out great every time I make it 😋---Deloris
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
The best bread ever! So soft and fluffy! And such big loaves! I have found my go to white bread recipe.---Linda
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Tips and Tricks
- 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! Let
- Let the dough rise in the oven. A warm environment is ideal for yeast to thrive. 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.
- Allow bread to cool completely. Nothing beats a warm slice of homemade bread, but the loaf is much easier to slice when it is cool.
🥣Ingredients
- Milk: You can use milk or water, but milk adds flavor, richness, and texture to bread, giving it a golden crust and a tender crumb.
- Butter: I prefer butter to any other fat for most baked goods, as it adds richness and flavor. However, oil can also be used.
- Sugar: Sugar adds sweetness to bread, but you can also use honey.
- Flour: Both all-purpose flour and bread flour work well. I do not have a preference between the two.
- Yeast: Use either dry active yeast or instant yeast, both of which work well.
- Salt
- Eggs: The eggs are what really set these loaves apart from other white bread recipes. Eggs give richness to the bread and a beautiful yellow color.
- Butter: I like brushing the hot loaves with butter when they come out of the oven. It gives them a shiny crust and delicious flavor.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
👩🍳How To Make Egg Bread
Step 1: 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.
Step 2: 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 4 cups of flour and mix until a soft dough forms. The dough will be smooth and slightly stickier than other yeast breads.
Step 3: Turn the dough out on a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic. Place the dough in an oiled bowl and cover it with a damp cloth or plastic. Let it rise in a warm location for 1 hour.
Step 4: Gently punch the dough down and divide it into two portions.
Step 5: Shape each portion into a loaf shape, pinch the ends to seal, and place the loaves in greased loaf pans.
Step 6: Cover pans with a damp cloth and allow them to rise for 35 minutes. Bake loaves for 30 minutes. Brush with butter.
Egg Bread FAQs
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!
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.
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.
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.
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Egg Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk
- ¼ cup butter
- ¼ cup sugar
- 7 cups all-purpose flour or bread flour, divided
- 2 pkgs. yeast 4 ½ teaspoons
- 1 ½ 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 the remaining 4 cups of flour and mix until a soft dough forms. The dough will be smooth and slightly stickier than other yeast breads. If you need to add a little more flour to make it manageable, feel free to do so.
- Turn the dough out on a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic. Place the dough in an oiled bowl and cover it with a damp cloth or plastic wrap. Let it 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.
TomH says
If I want to make just one loaf, can I cut the recipe in half and use two eggs? It’s difficult to use half an egg,
Brandy says
Yes, that would be fine!
Julia Jimenez says
I had great results with this recipe. It was too much for just me, so I divided the dough after the first rising, put half in a ziplock bag and froze it. Two weeks later I defrosted it, put it the loaf pan and let it rise for the second time. It came out just as well as the first loaf. Brilliant 👏
Brandy says
This bread is so flavorful and soft. It makes the best sandwich bread and delicious toast!
Grace says
This is a very good solid recipe but I found that I needed at least one and a half to two additional cups of flour . I used unbleached flour and for kneading used the dough hook on my mixer.
Preheating the oven for sixty seconds to warm it up for the rising was a brilliant idea. I’ll be making it again !
Lena says
Hello,can this be used as a base for Easter bread? Thanks.
Brandy says
Hi Lena, I haven't made easter bread before, but it's a versatile dough that would probably be fine!
Nana wassas says
This is my go to bread recipe. I use this as a base for numerous recipes. So glad I found it
Nana
Brandy says
I’m so glad you like it!! 🙂
Deloris Smith says
Love this recipe comes out great every time I make it 😋
Brandy says
Deloris, I love hearing that!
S Fox says
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.
Brandy says
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.
Cindy says
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. ❤️
Brandy says
Wonderful to hear Cindy!
Linda Reed says
The best bread ever! So soft and fluffy! And such big loaves! I have found my go to white bread recipe.
Brandy says
Yay! So glad to hear!
june davenport says
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
Brandy says
June, this made my day! So glad you liked it!
ivy c says
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.
Brandy says
I love this so much! What a sweet neighbor you are!
Kathleen M says
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!
Brandy says
Yay! I’m so glad you liked it Kathleen!
Bridgette Sinthampi says
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!
Brandy says
Yay! So glad to hear!