Grandma's Old-Fashioned Homemade White Bread
This homemade white bread recipe has been passed down through generations and creates two soft, fluffy loaves using simple pantry ingredients. Made with all-purpose flour, this old-fashioned bread recipe is perfect for sandwiches, toast, or serving warm with butter. Whether you're new to bread baking or have been making bread for years, this easy homemade bread is a family favorite you'll want to make again and again.
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk
- ½ cup butter
- ¼ cup sugar
- 2 ¼ teaspoons active dry yeast
- 5 cups flour
- a little butter to top the dough and then the baked breads
Instructions
- In a small container microwave 1/2 cup milk for 20 seconds and check temperature.
- Check temp and once under 115℉, add the yeast and a sprinkle of sugar and set aside to let the yeast rise and get bubbly.
- In a large measuring cup, add 1 1/2 cups milk and the butter and heat for 1 minutes.
- Mix in the sugar to the milk and butter. Check the temperature.
- Once the temp is under 115℉ and the yeast has risen (about 5 minutes), add the yeast milk and butter milk together.
- Place the mix into a large mixing bowl.
- Add half of the the flour and mix. Then add the rest of the flour and mix.
- Once the dough mixes onto itself into a nice ball, it's time to let it sit and rise.
- If the dough is sticky, add a little more flour until it no longer sticks to you.
- Rub butter on top of the dough and place a clean towel over the dough.
- Place the covered bread dough in a warm location and let sit for 1 1/2 hours.
- AFfter the dough has risen (doubled in size), you can preheat oven at 350℉.
- Make into loaves of bread or rolls. Be sure to let the dough rise into a loaf, rolls, etc. before baking.
- Bake at 350℉ degrees 20-40 minutes until a nice golden brown on top.
- You can check between rolls to make sure they are not doughy between each.
- Bread will have a nice golden brown top.
- Rub a little butter on top of the bread.