Thrifty Homemade Sandwich Bread

Thrifty Homemade Sandwich Bread

from chickenscratchdiaries.com
190 min

Easy white homemade sandwich bread recipe: not only thrifty but delicious. Make it from scratch for just pennies!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup hot water
  • 2 Tbsp Sugar
  • 2-3/4 tsp yeast (1 packet + 1/2 tsp)
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour OR bread flour
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1-1/2 tsp salt

Directions

  1. 1

    Mix together the hot water (not scalding, but hot from the tap), sugar and yeast and stir. Let sit for about 10 minutes, allowing the yeast to "bloom"

  2. 2

    Dump this mixture into a stand mixer and mix in the vegetable oil, salt and the flour, one cup at a time, using your dough hook. Alternatively, you can use a hand mixer to combine the ingredients and then knead it by hand

  3. 3

    Continue mixing a few minutes until dough clings to the bread hook and doesn't stick to the bowl. Mix another 3-4 minutes after the non-sticky dough is formed.

  4. 4

    Remove dough from hook, place dough ball in a bowl and cover with a light kitchen towel. Let rise in a draft-free area for approximately 1.5 hours or until the dough doubles in size. (Or, see the paragraph in the full post re: the 3 alternative methods you can use to proof the dough more quickly! I use the yogurt setting on my Instant Pot Duo to cut the rise time in half.)

  5. 5

    Punch down, shape into an oval loaf-like shape and turn the seams under.  

  6. 6

    Place in a greased loaf pan; cover loosely with plastic wrap (spray it with cooking oil first if you're worried about it sticking).

  7. 7

    Let dough rise a second time until almost doubled - approximately one hour.

  8. 8

    Bake in loaf pan approximately 25 minutes at 350 degrees, or until internal temperature reaches about 190 degrees F with an instant-read thermometer.