Kitchenaid Bread Recipe
A KitchenAid bread recipe involves mixing flour, yeast, salt, water, and sometimes sugar in a stand mixer with a dough hook. Knead for about 5-7 minutes, let rise, then shape and bake. Perfect for soft, homemade bread!
Ingredients
- ½ Cup Milk
- 1½ Cup warm water
- 2 Tbsp Salt
- 3 Tbsp Sugar
- 3 Tbsp Butter
- 5 Cups all purpose flour
- 2 packets of active dry yeast
Directions
- 1
In a small saucepan, combine milk, sugar, salt, and butter.
- 2
Heat gently, stirring until the butter melts and the sugar dissolves.
- 3
Allow the mixture to cool until it's lukewarm (below 110°F).
- 4
If using active dry yeast, dissolve it in warm water in a pre-warmed mixer bowl and let it sit for 10 minutes.
- 5
Add the lukewarm milk mixture and the yeast mixture to 4 ½ cups of flour.
- 6
Using the dough hook attachment, mix on speed 2 for one minute.
- 7
Continue mixing on speed 2, gradually adding the remaining flour (½ cup at a time), until the dough clings to the hook and the bowl sides are clean.
- 8
Knead for an additional 4 minutes on speed 2 until the dough is smooth and elastic.
- 9
The dough should feel slightly sticky.
- 10
Place the dough in a greased bowl, turning it to coat the top.
- 11
Cover and let rise in a warm, draft-free space until it doubles in size (about an hour).
- 12
Punch the dough down and divide it into two portions.
- 13
Shape each into a loaf and place them in greased 8 ½ x 4 ½ x 2 ½ loaf pans.
- 14
Cover and let rise again until doubled, for about an hour.
- 15
Bake at 400°F for 30 minutes, then remove the loaves from the pans and cool on wire racks.