Amish White Bread

liz timm's Note:

I am always on the lookout for good yeast bread recipes. This is a good one.

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 24

• 2 cups warm water
• 2⁄3; cup white sugar
• 1 ½ tablespoons active dry yeast
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• ¼ cup oil
• 6 cups bread flour

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, dissolve the sugar in warm water, then add the yeast.
2. When yeast is proofed, mix in salt and oil.
3. Mix in flour one cup at a time.
4. Knead dough adding more flour if necessary.
5. Place in a well oiled bowl and turn dough to coat.
6. Cover with a damp cloth.
7. Allow to rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
8. Punch dough down.
9. Knead for a few minutes and divide in half.
10. Shape into loaves, and place into oiled pans.
11. Allow to rise until dough has risen 1 inch above the pans.
12. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 30 minutes.

Reviews

[CookinCaliDiva]

LOVE LOVE LOVE! I usually make White Bread Plus #10478 for weekly baking, but for Thanksgiving I wanted to try something different to braid. This is wonderful, light, fluffy and the dough is very easy to work with. Only change I made was to use half the amount of sugar. It still had a touch of sweetness which was perfect.

My tip is this...do this by hand. Learn to kneed the dough by hand properly and your bread will come out PERFECT every time :) I have used a bread machine and my mixer for the dough when I'm short on time and while it comes out great..it's never as fluffy and tender like it is when I kneed the old fashioned way.

I also used an egg wash (1 egg, 1 tsp water and 1 tsp sugar) to baste the bread with twice during baking.

[dreambig_9891841]

I have made bread for over 20 years and this is an easy, good tasting bread. A little sweet, but my husband loves it. Try it.

[nduj]

Really good and easy to make! A bit on the sweet side, but I actually like it that way. Texture and the crumb of the bread is just perfect! Just a little note, grease your pans very well. I already put a lot of oil to grease the pans but the loaves still got stuck. Will use Pam next time.