White Bread Loaf
White Bread Loaf
(Recipe adopted form King Arthurs and Modified…)
Makes one large 9” X 5” loaf or two small loaves
Once you learn to make your own basic bread loaves at home, you will never turn back to the bakery ones. It tastes awesome, and you can make it with healthier ingredients, and shape it as you desire.
Ingredients
- Bread flour or All-purpose Flour or Maida - 482 grams (4 cups)
- Water or Milk - 303 grams to 340 grams lukewarm (1 1/3 to 1 ½ cups)
- Honey or Sugar - 32 grams (2 tablespoons)
- Instant yeast - 2 1/4 teaspoons
- Salt - 1 3/4 teaspoons
- Butter or Olive Oil - 28 grams soft (2 tablespoons)
- Milk Powder - 35 grams (1/3 cup)
Instructions
Take ¼ cup lukewarm water, add 1 teaspoon sugar and the instant yeast, mix well and set aside to rise.
Mix the flour, milk powder and salt in a bowl.
In another large bowl mix all the wet ingredients, (except butter).
Add the risen yeast mix to this. Start adding the flour mix, a cup at a time, mixing well with a silicon or plastic scraper (if you do not have a scraper, mix with hand), till you get very wet dough, which starts pulling off from the side of the bowl.
Add butter little at a time to the mix and keep kneading.
Transfer this to a lightly floured work table, knead gently for 10 minutes (lift, spread and throw or stretch and pull), adding little flour at a time (if required only), till you get a very loose, but not sticky dough. (The dough may seem very sticky, but after the above kneading, it will automatically form smooth dough, do not add excess flour, and do not knead hard)
Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl. Grease the dough also.
Cover it, with a wet cloth and let it rise at room temperature (preferably warm place) until it’s doubled in size, 1 to 2 hours.
Gently deflate the dough, to shape the bread loaf, take the dough and just spread into a rectangular shape with a rolling pin. Roll up tightly into a log. Place the bread dough in lightly greased loaf pan with the seam area at bottom.
Cover with a wet cloth, and let the dough rise for 45 to 60 minutes (preferably warm place), till it has doubled.
15 Minutes before the bake, pre heat the oven at 200 C.
Just before baking, brush the loaf with little milk or melted butter or egg wash.
Bake in a preheated oven at 200 C, for 40 to 45 minutes for the bread loaf. Remove the bread from the oven, and turn it out onto a rack to cool.
When completely cooled, wrap in plastic, and store at room temperature. Slice the loaf only after cooling.
I bet these tastes much better than the store bought ones, the aroma that fills the house when you bake these, will make you bake it again and again, in fact no more bakery breads.
Happy bread making…..
Note 1: Water required may vary, Use the lesser amount in summer or humid climates; the greater amount in winter or drier climates.
Note 2: Baking time could vary from different ovens.
Note 3: The dough may seem very sticky, but after kneading, it will automatically form smooth dough, do not add excess flour, and do not knead hard)
Note 4: You can brush with egg wash for getting a golden colour for the crown.
Note 5: If the crown of the loaf is getting too much browned, cover with a baking sheet after 25 to 30 minutes.
Hi Sumod..
Your bread looks lovely and soft. Wanted to know if I can use active dried yeast instead of instant yeast in this recipe. If yes, would the quantity differ?
I tried ur recipe…the texture of the bread was sponge from the top but from bottom it was dense…can u please guide me where i went wrong.
Check your oven settings…
N make sure it is proofed correctly
Hi
Love your recipes esp bakes.
Have baked this bread earlier too. It’s great to have fresh but on refrigeration, turns too dense.
I use olive oil.
Couple of help tips more please : can I use the same dough to make dinner rolls? (timing adjusted?)
Can I add 100 gms of rolled oats and use 384 gms of apf?
Thank you very much for your easy to follow awesome recipes.
Best
Sona
Yes.. small changes can be done
Adjust water required accordingly
Hello Sumod,
I followed the recipe & it came out wonderful except not as light crumbs as I would have wanted. I realised my loaf tin was smaller may be. (little over 8×3). Can I divide the dough & bake into two small tins? One is 6×3 other 5×3. Here in UK we get loaf tins with 1,2 & 3 pound size. Will I have to reduce the temperature and increase the timings. Any suggestions ? Thank you!
Yes baking temperature will reduce..
Followed ur receipe and baked an excellent loaf yesterday.
Followed ur receipe and baked an excellent loaf yesterday.
Hi sir
Baked white bread yesterday it was too gud thanks for the wonderful recipe
Can I omit the milk powder in this recipe due to diary allergy? Plz suggest
Yes
Good evening Sir. The butter we need to use is white butter or Amul
Any unsalted good quality butter
I made bread with ur recipe n it came out fantastic ..thanks
Thanks for the recipe. I tried it today but the base got very hard. This happens with every bread recipe I try. Can you please tell me where am I going wrong? I line the tin with butter paper
The base element of the oven may be over heating
Try at reduced temperature
Can active dry yeast be ised as an alternative to instant yeast?
Yes
Can I use half wheat flour and half maida ?
Yes… you may need more water
Hi sumod, if we omit milk powder, do we replace with something else. You mentioned water or milk. Can you please suggest which one comes better?
You can skip milk powder
Mix of milk and water
Hi .love ur all recipes .but in this recipe I m little confused .as 2tbsp sugar written in the ingredients but in recipe there is only 1teaspoon of sugar. Can u plz clear my doubt.thanku so much
It’s mixed with the flour..
Little plus or minus sugar makes no difference either
Hi can i use my KA stand mixer ?
Yes
Hi Sumod
What if we want to make a vegan version what do we replace the milk and milk powder with please
There is a vegan recipe already posted…
Please look up
Hello sir….all ur recipes are too gud….jus one question which brand yeast you use….dry yeast or anything else…thanks
Sad levure red instant yeast
U hv another option f yeast?
No
Pl tell me convection microwave settings.. I want to try this receipe. Thanks
You need to follow the instructions of your oven
Thanks for lovely recipe. Preheating should be done with both the elements on or only base element?
Bread should be baked with base element?
Thanks
Use the bake mode as per your oven instructions
Thanks for the recipe.
But in the recipie u have mentioned to mix all wet ingredients except butter.. what all shld be mixed.. I don’t find any wet ingredients except water. Can u pls guide
Just follow the recipe….
All dry together plus water…
Then butter and salt
Hello
Today I tried this recipe but from top cracks are their .Why this happens?
Reduce oven temperature
Hi had a query here I had a confusion for loaf I have to use instant yeast r active dry yeast.
Instant yeast
Hi..
It was my son’s birthday and i wanted to make mini burger buns. Made small buns out of this recipe. Got 45 buns from one batch. Thought that it would be enough for the party but suddenly the buns started disappearing so made another batch,though i was exhausted with all the other preparations ..i was happy seeing my family appreciating the buns. Kids kept asking for the buns till the next 2-3 days from the birthday celebration. Thanks for the lovely recipe.
Just halved the receipe and made it today. Turned out awesome. Thank you for sharing this gool proof receipe.
Just halved the receipe and made it today. Turned out awesome. Thank you for sharing this fool proof receipe.
Hi….can we use microwave oven for this?if so how?
With convection mode
Really look tempting..
For preheating as we on both roda, while baking only bottom rod or both.
I think this is same for all oven.
Like for cake we bake using lower rod only. Pls reply. My otg is of Glen
Refer to oven manual for baking
Want to know in bread baking do both rods need to be ON
Yes
Thanks for your recipe I tried it and it was amazing and delicious.
Hello sir
Why is milk powder used in bread??is it to strengthen the dough ?
Followed ur recipe and baked an excellent loaf today… thanks a ton sir🙏🙏☺️☺️
Hello Sir, is there any option for milk powder ? I am not getting Milk powder & I really want to try this recipe
You can skip milk powder
Thanks for this recipe. Finally was successful in baking bread.
Hi Tom
I tried the recipe and came out with great taste and texture. Can we use multigrain atta 2 cups and 2 cups of APF. Is there anything to be taken care when we use this combination.
you can experiment
I would like to know the equivalent amount if active yeast to be used?
same