Easy Sandwich Bread Recipe
Comfort food the easy way, ready in just over 2.5 hours.
Ingredients
- 2.25 tsp active dry yeast
- 2.25 c warm water
- 1/4 c sugar
- 1 tbsp salt
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 6 c flour
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- cooking spray
Instructions
- Mix yeast and a pinch of sugar into warm water. Allow to rest for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, add sugar, salt, and 4 cups flour to the large mixing bowl of a stand mixer. Install the dough hook.
- Make a hollow in the center of the flour. Add 1/4 cup yeast mixture and begin mixing at a low speed. Add oil and gradually add remaining yeast mixture.
- When thourouly mixed, the dough will be wet and sticky. Continue mixing while adding 1/4 cup of the remaining flour at a time. When the dough forms a moist ball, you know that you have added enough flour. You may not need the entire 6 cups, or you may need a bit more.
- Pour the olive oil into a large mixing bowl and transfer the dough to the bowl. Roll the dough in the oil to cover. Then cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Allow to rise for 1 hour.
- After 1 hour, transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into two equal halves. Pat each half into a rectangle or cylinder shape. Starting from a narrow end, pull the dough upward and onto itself. This process should create a cylinder perpendicular to the original shape.
- Oil the loaf pans with cooking spray. If your cylinder is longer than your pan, gently pat the ends to shorten it. Place it in the loaf pan seam-side down and cover with plastic wrap. Allow the dough to rise for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 375 Fahrenheit. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from oven, let cool, and slice.