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Excellent White Bread

By meganmoyes

Member since 2020

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"This straightforward loaf is the white bread of your dreams, and its fluffy slices make for evenly browned toast."

Serves 2 loaves | Prep Time 15 minutes PT15M | Cook Time 4 hours PT4H15M | Bread

Why I Love This Recipe

I found this recipe through NY Times Cooking. It has been so easy to create and I love when the house is filled with the smell of fresh bread baking.

Ingredients You'll Need

2 1⁄4 teaspoons/7 grams active dry
yeast (1 package)
1 1⁄2 cups/355 milliliters lukewarm
milk
1⁄3 cup/67 grams granulated sugar
1 tablespoon/15 grams kosher salt
3 tablespoons/43 grams butter,
melted, more for greasing bowl and
pans and for brushing the tops of
the loaves
2 eggs
5 to 6 cups/625 grams to 750 grams
all-purpose flour

Directions

Step 1
In a large electric mixer bowl, dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm milk.
Add the remaining warm milk, the sugar, the salt, the butter and the
eggs. Add 5 cups flour and mix with paddle attachment until smooth,
about 2 minutes. Switch to hook attachment and knead on low speed,
adding more flour if necessary until dough is stiff and slightly tacky,
about 10 minutes.

Step 2
Grease a large bowl with butter and turn dough out into the bowl. Flip
over dough so greased side is up, cover with plastic wrap or a kitchen
towel and set in a warm, draft-free spot until doubled in size, about 1
1/2 to 2 hours. Generously butter two 9-x-5 loaf pans.

Step 3
When dough has doubled in size, turn it out onto floured surface and
knead for 3 minutes. Return to greased bowl, cover and let rise again
for 30 minutes.

Step 4
Press down dough with your hand to expel the air. Divide dough in
half and place each half into a loaf pan. Brush tops of loaves with
remaining melted butter.

Step 5
Cover and let rise until dough is just above the tops of pans, 45
minutes to 1 hour.

Step 6
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Bake bread for 10 minutes, then reduce heat
to 350 degrees and bake for an additional 20 to 30 minutes, or until
loaves sound hollow when tapped, the tops are brown and the internal
temperatures are 200 degrees. Remove loaves from pans and let cool
on wire racks.

Pairs Well With

Butter, jam, peanut butter

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