Homemade Amish White Bread
This recipe for homemade Amish white bread yields 2 loaves of perfectly soft white bread. Perfect for sandwiches, toast, or eating fresh from the oven with butter. It has been a family favorite for years!
Servings 16 slices
Calories 217kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cup warm water
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 4 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast 2 packets
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 5 1/2 cup flour bread flour or all purpose flour
- butter for brushing on finished loaves
Instructions
- In a large bowl, dissolve the sugar in warm water, and then stir in yeast. Allow to proof until it looks like a creamy foam on top of the water (about 5 minutes).
- Mix oil into the yeast mixture. Mix salt and flour (1 cup at a time) in with the wet ingredients. Stir until a soft dough forms. Scrape sides of the bowl then dump dough onto a lightly floured surface.
- Knead dough until smooth and elastic.
- Place in an oiled bowl, and turn dough to coat. Cover with a damp towel.
- Raise for 1 hour.
- Punch dough down. Divide dough in half.
- Shape into loaves, and place into two greased 9-inch loaf pans. You can either pat dough into a loaf shape or roll the dough into rectangle and tightly roll up into a loaf shape and pinch the ends to seal seams.
- Allow to rise for 30-40 minutes.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
- Brush with melted butter (or run a stick of butter across the top of each loaf) while in pans. Cool 5 minutes and then remove bread from bread pans and cool on a rack.
- Wrap in plastic wrap or store in a plastic bag.
- Makes 2 loaves.
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Notes
If you are using yeast packets, use 2.
Wrap bread in plastic and store at room temperature 3-4 days. Bread freezes well and can also store in the freezer to thaw at a later date.
Nutrition
Calories: 217kcal