I have been searching for the perfect homemade sandwich bread. It has taken years and many, many failed attempts. Baking bread and I have issues. If I am able to reach success with the recipe, it’s not the type of texture and flavor I’m looking to achieve.
But now of that has changed.
Delia at deliacreates has now become my most favorite person, at the moment. Especially that moment when I pulled this bad boy out of my oven.
Try our No Knead Dutch Oven Bread!
Homemade Sandwich Bread
This homemade sandwich bread recipe is dairy and egg-free. Which might be the reason our loaf lasted almost a week.
How to make homemade sandwich bread
This recipe calls for adding the salt to the yeast and hot water instead of sugar. I know it’s not the standard method for proofing yeast but don’t question it, it works.
If you have the strength (or just desire), give it a go and knead by hand. I use the dough hook for my stand mixer which also has a timer, so I set it and then go about cleaning the kitchen. You could even use a bread machine if you have one.
This recipe calls for 5 to 7 cups of flour. Add them one cup at a time until it starts to pull away from the mixing bowl. You DO NOT want to add more flour than needed. It will cause the bread to come out dense and dry.
To raise the bread dough, I turn my oven to 125 degrees while making the dough. When it reaches temp I turn it off and turn the oven light on.
Cover the bowl with oiled plastic wrap and allow to rise for 30 minutes. The rise time for this recipe is fairly short due to the amount of yeast used.
I am placing another photo just in case you can’t see how much it has risen in only 30 minutes. I was SHOCKED!
Now time to roll out the bread dough and place it in my never before been used 16″ bread loaf pan.
I was so excited to finally be able to use this pan. By the way, it measures 16 x 4 x 4. I greased my board and rolling pin then went to work.
This recipe will also make 2 large loaves of bread or 3 medium. You don’t have to make a gigantic loaf as we did here.
The dough is very easy to roll out and achieve the shape you desire.
Placed it in the pan and let it rise again.
I put it back in the slightly warm oven with the light on for another 30 minutes.
Look at that height of this loaf of bread.
The pic above is the full view of the final (30-minute) rise of the homemade bread dough. Next, we baked the beautiful, never before seen in our home.
Oh, the smell of this yeast bread while it was baking!
Homemade sandwich bread!
I can’t impress upon you enough the ease of this recipe. Also, the size of this loaf is GINORMOUS!
I sent a photo to my husband and he was unimpressed until he arrived home from work and saw this in person.
Rubbing butter on top of the crust while it’s warm added a nice shine. Or you can brush with melted butter.
Slice and ENJOY your homemade sandwich bread for days. Toast from this homemade bread tasted amazing!
You could use a mix of wheat and white flour to make damn tasty wheat bread if you like. In fact, you could try all sorts of different types of bread flour to make your own unique homemade bread.
Bread is the quintessential food that man has been making for thousands of years. The things you can do with it … the sandwiches you could make.
Try making a fresh loaf instead of the store-bought stuff. Is store-bought more convenient? Sure. Is it better? NO!
This homemade bread loaf tasted great! Anytime we’re doing up the ‘righteous’ sandwich this bread gets made.
If you whip up a loaf of this, we sure would like to hear about it. Let us know how it went!
What do you do with aging leftover bread? Try our Bread Pudding!
Homemade Sandwich Bread Recipe
Homemade Sandwich Bread
Ingredients
Makes 2 large loaves, 3 medium loaves, or 1 large loaf and 2 mini loaves. (I made one really large loaf)
- 2 1/2 cups HOT water
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1/3 cup sugar/honey { fill the cup with oil first empty it, and then fill it with honey so it doesn’t stick to the cup}
- 1 TBSP salt
- 3/4 cup flour and about 5-7 cups of flour divided
- 1 1/2 TBSP yeast
- Spray oil
Instructions
- Whisk together in the mixing bowl of your stand mixer: Water, oil, sugar/honey, and salt.
- Add: 3/4 cup flour and whisk for 30 seconds then add yeast and whisk for 30 seconds more.
- Add 2-3 cups of flour and mix together with the dough hook.
- Add the rest of the flour and mix for about 5 minutes with the dough hook or until it pulls away from the sides of the bowl. ( I added one cup at a time)
- Mix until the dough starts to pull away from the bowl.
- The bread dough is ready when you push two fingers in gently but slightly firm and it comes back quickly. If it sinks/sags it needs more kneading.
- Let rise in a clean, greased, covered bowl for about 30 minutes or until doubled. ( I heated the oven to 125 degrees, then turned it off and turned the light on)
- When the dough has doubled, remove from the oven and preheat it to 125 degrees again.
- Grease your bread pans with spray oil. Divide the dough. (if desired)
- Now grease your countertop with spray oil. We are using oil at this step, instead of more flour, so the bread will stay moist and not dry out.
- Roll the dough into a tight cylinder. If your dough roll is too long for your pan, tuck the ends under to make it fit.
- Place loaves in the warm oven for about a 1/2 hour or until the dough has risen to fill the pans (almost doubled). Remove the pans from the oven.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and cook for about 30 minutes. The bread is done when you hit the top and it sounds hollow. Let the bread cool in the pan for about 10 minutes.
- Turn loaves out on a wire rack. Smother the top of the loaves with butter if you desire.
Comments
Hope
November 23, 2015Hello,
Stopping by through Making Your Home Sing Monday.
Your bread looks very good! I have never seen this type of bread pan before – really neat.
Hope you will stop by my blog to say “Hello.”
🙂 Hope
DSTR
November 23, 2015Thank you! I will stop in and check your blog out.
Alison
November 24, 2015What a gorgeous looking loaf. I never have success with bread
DSTR
November 24, 2015Thanks Alison! This recipe has yet to fail me, give it a try.
Kristina & Millie
November 24, 2015drool alert next time – I about drowned! omg that sandwich bread looks so delish! i can just about smell it over here. Definitely a keeper recipe!
DSTR
November 24, 2015Thank you! We can never wait for it to cool before slicing it up.
Cheryl
November 24, 2015This looks so great!! Going to try this!!
DSTR
November 24, 2015Thanks Cheryl! The recipe hasn’t failed me yet, I hope you enjoy it!
Honest Mum
November 24, 2015Oh yummy, perfect loaf! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays x
DSTR
November 24, 2015Thank you for hosting!
Nicole Walter
November 24, 2015I have been looking for a good sandwich bread recipe, this looks perfect! I have pinned and will be trying soon!! Thanks for sharing, have a blessed Thanksgiving!!
DSTR
November 25, 2015I hope you enjoy it Nicole! Thanks for stopping by!
Pili
November 25, 2015I’ll be trying this for sure, love it’s dairy and egg free! Now I just need to replace sugar for maple syrup
Thanks for sharing with us at Two Uses Tuesday!
Happy Thanksgiving!
DSTR
November 25, 2015I hope you enjoy it! You can also use honey.
Shantel
November 25, 2015Yummy bread! I’ll have to check this recipe out!
Robyn
November 25, 2015That looks incredible – just like a bought one – and I’m sure it tastes even better! I love making bread at home, but have never found the perfect white bread recipe, so I’ll have to give this one a go. Visiting via Life Loving Linkie 🙂
DSTR
November 26, 2015Thank you Robyn! I hope you enjoy it.
Erin @ Nourishing My Scholar
November 26, 2015Oh my, that bread looks wonderful! Pinning!
DSTR
November 27, 2015Thanks for stopping by Erin!
Erlene
November 28, 2015Wow that looks amazing! My kids are bread lovers and would love having a gigantic bread loaf like that.
DSTR
November 29, 2015It is really easy and I now use 2 11-12″ pans. Thanks for stopping by!
Life Loving
November 29, 2015If there was a massive like button on this I would hit it 10,000 times… I can smell this bread by just looking at the picture. Yum! I can’t believe it lasted almost a week. Win.
Sally @ Life Loving
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chellie
November 30, 2015I’m so happy to have found this recipe because my bread maker is on it’s last leg. As in, I don’t think I can use it anymore. I had the perfect bread recipe, and I just used the bread maker for the dough. I never liked the shape of the bread from a bread maker, so I always shaped it myself and baked it in loaf pans. Looking forward to trying your recipe!! Love the tip about using oil as to not dry the bread out Pinning this! Thanks for joining the party at FTAF!!
DSTR
November 30, 2015Thank you Chellie and I hope you enjoy it!
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DSTR
December 1, 2015Thank you so much Diane!
Holly McCall {McCall Manor}
November 30, 2015Ummmm, yes please! This looks absolutely amazing. Thanks for stopping at Your Inspired Design!
DSTR
November 30, 2015Thank you Holly!
Kathleen
November 30, 2015What a handsome loaf of bread you make. Thanks so much for your contributions to Fridays Blog Booster Party. I am looking forward to seeing you at the Blogger’s Pit Stop rally on Friday with more of your posts.
Kathleen
AJ @ Aspen Jay
November 30, 2015Oh, nothing is better than fresh made bread! Yours looks delicious! My husband is actually the baker in our family. He makes a batch of fresh bread at least once a month. Thanks for sharing your recipe and partying with us at Talented Tuesday.
Cheers,
AJ
DSTR
December 1, 2015Thank you!
Jenny
December 1, 2015OH I need to try this I have failed on so many breads lately and really need to try a better recipe. I hope this one turns out for me. Looks delicious. lol Thank you so much for linking up to Share With Me. #sharewithme
Judy
December 1, 2015That looks delicious! I will be featuring this tonight at my Fall into Fall party that opens at 8pm EST. Please stop by and pick up an I’ve Been Featured button. Thanks. https://diybydesign.blogspot.com
DSTR
December 1, 2015Thank you so much Judy, I will!
Kerry at Kerry Cooks
December 1, 2015What an absolutely perfect loaf! Thank you for the tips on making it and for entering into #festivefoodfriday!
DSTR
December 1, 2015Thank you Kerry!
Miz Helen
December 1, 2015Your homemade bread looks amazing, bread is my weakness! What a great recipe and thanks so much for sharing it with us at Full Plate Thursday! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and come back to see us real soon.
Miz Helen
Jann Olson
December 1, 2015Oh this bread looks absolutely delicious! I need to try making it. Thanks for sharing the recipe with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
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DSTR
December 3, 2015Thank you so much!
Holly McCall {McCall Manor}
December 3, 2015This bread is being featured on Your Inspired Design today. Wish I lived next door… ha
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Heather
December 6, 2015I love homemade bread! Thanks for the great in-oven photos.
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j p
August 31, 2019please let me know where I can find that huge loaf pan you used
it looks like a 9″x5″ pan doubled in length. is that correct
I would like to find a lager pan.
thanks for the recipe I giving
it a try this wkend
DSTR
August 31, 2019Hey JP, here’s a link to the pan we used.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00024WNOU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00024WNOU&linkCode=as2&tag=midoildes-20&linkId=OKT4SJLEFNIJZYDB
Thanks!