The BEST Easy Bread Machine Recipe

The BEST Easy Bread Machine Recipe

Bread
8 servings

Flaky, crispy crust with a melt-in-your-mouth soft inside. This easy white bread machine bread recipe is a crowd favorite every time!

Ingredients

  • 1rapid rise yeast (or any you have on hand)
  • 1 cupwarm water
  • 3 tablespoonswhite sugar
  • ¼ cupvegetable oil
  • 3 cupsbread flour
  • 1 teaspoonsalt

Directions

  1. 1

    Add yeast, warm water, and sugar to bread machine.

  2. 2

    Let the mixture sit for about 10 minutes (or until yeast is nice and bubbly).

  3. 3

    Add flour, oil, and salt to bread machine.  Careful not to pack your flour. For extra fluffy bread, aerate your flour by whisking it around in a bowl and then spoon into measuring cup.

  4. 4

    Select “Basic” white bread setting, 1.5 loaf for your bread machine dough cycle and start.

  5. 5

    Once bread machine has completed cycle (mine takes a couple of hours – about 2 1/2 hours – to complete the cycle).

  6. 6

    Let bread cool on a wire rack for 1 hour before slicing for best results!