You only need one good basic bread recipe and this Homemade Basic White Bread Loaf is simply the best! Easy to make with simple ingredients, this homemade bread is amazingly soft and tastes great too. #homemadebread #whitebread #breadrecipe
Have ready all ingredients needed to make the bread.
Prepare Bread Dough:
In the bread pan, add in the liquid milk, then sugar, salt, bread flour and finally the yeast.
Put the bread pan into the bread maker. Use setting Rapid Keading or Knead for other models and knead for 20 minutes. After 3 minutes of kneading, open the cover and slowly add in olive oil. Then continue the kneading till end of the 20 minutes.
Leave the bread dough in the bread machine to proof (1st proof) for 45 minutes. Then remove the risen dough from the bread machine.
Turn the dough out on to a lightly floured counter top. Be sure to remove the kneading paddle from under the dough. Shape dough into a smooth and taut ball. Then flatten into a rectangle using a rolling pin.
Fold the dough inward to the centre on both sides. Flatten again into a rectangle. Then roll up the dough tightly.
Pinch the seams of the dough, tuck the sides in and pinch them into the dough as well. Place the bread dough into the bread pan with the tucked ends and seam side down.
Put the pan into the bread machine and leave to proof (2nd proof) for another 45 minutes.
Then set the crust to medium and bake for 50 minutes. Remove the pan from the bread machine. Let sit for 5 minutes and shake the bread out. Allow it to cool completely on wire rack before slicing. And we are done!
Use the freshly baked loaf to make a breakfast toast with butter and jam and Enjoy!
Roll dough up into a cylinder starting at the short edge. I’ve found that rolling the dough up this way really helps with the texture and shape of the finished loaves.
The first proof is important to allow the yeast and gluten to develop. This plays a huge role in the flavor of the final product as well. The second proof is important to get a beautifully risen, airy and light bread loaf.
Turn the bread dough out on to a slightly floured counter top. Flatten the dough with a rolling pin. This removes excess air that formed in the dough while it was proofing.
Bake until the top is golden brown and the bottom of the loaf sounds hollow when tapped. If you gently tap on the loaf, it should sound hollow.
It’s important to tightly roll up the dough while pinching it into itself. This prevents large air pockets from forming inside the dough as it proofs and bakes.