White Bread Machine Bread
Bread Machine White Bread: a homemade bread that will replace any store-bought any day. Only 5 ingredients and you will taste the best bread!
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This recipe of the White Bread Machine Bread is a family recipe we’ve been using for over two decades. It’s so simple, few common ingredients and the bread is incredible.
I remember our guests would always compliment at how delicious our bread is and asking how we make it. If you don’t have a bread machine, I would highly suggest buying one. I would recommend a Panasonic Bread Maker; I bought mine 10 years ago and I use it on an everyday basis to make bread and any dough. You don’t have to knead it and this bread maker actually rises the bread; it does its magic for you. All you have to do is take out the dough, form the shapes of buns or whatever recipe you’re working on and bake.
Use all-purpose flour. At the moment I’m using Bob’s Red Mill brand all-purpose flour and this is perfect for this recipe. If you run into this situation…when the bread machine starts mixing and you see that the dough is kind of thick and hard, add a bit water to smooth it out. For perfect bread, it should rise a bit higher than the basket in bread machine once it’s baked.
Bread Ingredients:
- All-purpose flour (I used Bob’s Red Mill brand)
- Fine salt
- Grapeseed oil (vegetable okay too)
- Cold water
- Instant dry yeast
How to Make White Bread in Bread Machine:
1. Put all-purpose flour into the bread machine basket. Then continue adding the rest of the ingredients: fine salt, oil and warm or cold water. Put instant yeast into yeast hole. (If your bread machine doesn’t have a separate hole for yeast then just add into the basket with the rest of ingredients). Plug the bread machine in, set to XL (in size), Basic bread and Medium (in color) – this would take 4 hours.
2. When your bread is done, leave it in for 10-15 minutes so that when you take it out, the little butterfly at the bottom of the basket comes off by itself when you flip the bread out. Wrap bread in food wrap and cover with a towel until it cools so that it stays soft. You can slice into pieces and put into Ziploc to refrigerate and enjoy for up to a week. Enjoy!!
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White Bread Machine Bread
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (I use Bob's Red Mill)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 3/4 cups cold water (410 ml)
- 1 teaspoon instant dry yeast
Instructions
- Don’t plug in your bread machine yet. Place 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour into the bread machine basket. Then continue adding the rest ingredients: 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon oil and lastly 1 3/4 cups (410 ml) cold water. Put 1 teaspoon instant yeast into yeast hole. (If your bread machine doesn’t have a separate hole for yeast then just add into the basket with the rest of ingredients). Plug the bread machine in, set to XL (in size), Basic bread and Medium (in color) – this would take 4 hours.
- When your bread is done, leave it in for 10-15 minutes so that when you take it out, the little butterfly at the bottom of the basket comes off by itself when you flip the bread out. Wrap bread in food wrap and cover with a towel until it cools so that it stays soft. You can slice into pieces and put into Ziploc to refrigerate and enjoy for up to a week.
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mark newman says:
How come theres no sugar in this recipe?
Olga in the Kitchen says:
Hi Mark! This recipe is for regular bread, not the sweet bread kind. In fact, we don’t ever put sugar into homemade bread, unless those are sweet rolls. Hope that helps!
Kim M Caruso says:
Tried this today, very easy and tasty. This recipe is definitely a keeper. Thanks for sharing.
Olga in the Kitchen says:
Thank you, Kim! So glad you’ve enjoyed this recipe!
Hannah says:
Really enjoyed how this bread turned out! Thank you! I did find the XL loaf to be a bit too large for my preference. Have you ever made a smaller loaf? Or how would you suggest scaling down the recipe? I appreciate any advice! Thank you!
Olga in the Kitchen says:
Hi Hannah! I only use this recipe for many many years. For a smaller loaf, I would need to work on a smaller bread loaf and test it out to make it smaller and make sure it works and has the same taste/texture outcome as the larger loaf. You can try reducing all ingredients in half if you’d like to experiment it.
Cheryl says:
Ohhh no! I added Milk instead of water YIKES
SHOULD ITHROW IT OUT?
Olga in the Kitchen says:
I haven’t experimented that, but I wouldn’t throw it out. If you followed the proportions of the recipe, it will still turn out. It will just taste more like sweet bread, instead of regular bread.
Gina W says:
Finally a simple yet very delicious and fluffy bread recipe that isn’t sweet and without bunch of unneeded ingredients. Made it 3 times already and it’s our favorite now. Thank you!
Olga in the Kitchen says:
Thank you for the wonderful review, Gina! So glad you’re enjoying this recipe.
Kay says:
Holy cow!!!!! This was what I was looking for! This made the MOST DELICIOUS, WONDERFUL bread! This recipe is a keeper! Thank you for sharing with us!
Olga in the Kitchen says:
Thank you for the wonderful review, Kay! So glad you enjoyed it!
Sue Lee says:
Made this bread this morning for the first time and it came out awesome!! Easy, fast and so delicious! Will be making this a lot from now on!! Thanks for sharing!
Olga in the Kitchen says:
So glad you enjoyed this recipe, Sue! Thank you for that great review.
Lena says:
Hi Olga! I want to try this recipe. I can’t find this brand of yeast. Can I make it with Costco brand? Thank you
Olga in the Kitchen says:
Hi! The yeast at the link is the same exact yeast that is sold in Costco. It’s the same brand and the only yeast I’ve ever seen in our local WA Costco stores. If you seen another, as long as it’s instant yeast, it would work.
bj says:
bread machine broken do you have directions cook time temp /how to mix ingredients will be cooking in oven
Olga in the Kitchen says:
I have not tested this recipe in the oven yet. I do have a recipe of No Knead Bread that does not require bread machine.
KE says:
I loved this recipe! So simple and so yummy. My toddler and I love it. Thanks!
Olga in the Kitchen says:
I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed this recipe!