Simple White Bread
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 52mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 1⁄4 teaspoons dry yeast (1 packet)
- 1 1⁄4 cups warm water, divided (100F to 110F)
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄4 teaspoons salt
- cooking spray
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
directions
- Dissolve sugar and yeast in 1/4 cup warm water in a large bowl; let stand 5 minutes.
- Add the remaining (warm) water, flour, and salt to yeast mixture; stir until a soft dough forms.
- Turn out onto a floured surface; knead dough until smooth and elastic (about 5 minutes).
- Place dough in a large bowl coated with cooking spray, turning to coat top.
- Cover and let rise in a warm place (85°), free from drafts, 45 minutes or until doubled in size.
- Uncover dough, and punch down; cover and let rise 30 minutes.
- Uncover dough; punch down; cover and let rest 10 minutes.
- Roll into a 14 x 7-inch rectangle on a floured surface.
- Roll up tightly, starting with a short edge, pressing firmly to eliminate air pockets; pinch seam and ends to seal.
- Place roll, seam side down, in an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray; cover and let rise 30 minutes or until doubled in size.
- While dough does its final rise, preheat oven to 425°F.
- Uncover dough; gently brush with egg.
- Bake for 12 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350° (do not remove bread from oven); bake an additional 15 minutes or until loaf sounds hollow when tapped.
- Remove from pan; cool on a wire rack.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Vino Girl
United States
My husband and I married straight out of college in July of 1992. I work as the Assistant Manager at a wine shop which allows me to drink on the job! (OK, not that much, but it's still a fun job...) Besides helping customers choose wine they will like (and also help with food and wine pairings for their menus), I also get to help with the catering end of the business, so I get to spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen making fun appetizers and beautiful food displays. I also work part-time at the fromagerie next door. So yeah - that means I eat on the job, too. :^D
We live on several peaceful wooded acres on a cute little river in rural NE Wisconsin, with a cranky old-lady Burmese and whatever stray outdoor cats that have decided to adopt us on any given day. The cute puppy in the picture is Jake, our Elhew-bred English Pointer that we brought home on Easter weekend 2007. I've also got 2 painted turtles named Dennis and Fuzz, and a bunch of fish (koi and goldfish, along with the guppies & swordtails in the turtle tank).
I USUALLY eat and cook healthy, but I rarely pass up dessert, either. I do not eat red meat, and try to limit other animal products, too. I love to bake, although I seem to collect a lot of scone and biscotti recipes which I NEVER get around to making. I bake and eat A LOT of cookies and muffins... I almost always reduce the sugar by 1/4 and use whole wheat pastry flour for at least part of the flour. Those two changes do so much to make recipes healthier without compromising taste. I try to reduce fat whenever I can, too, but while I want to eat healthy, I still want to ENJOY what I eat!!!
I seem to give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews here - I seem to have a pretty good sense of what I like by looking at a recipe before I try it. Thank you to anyone that tries my recipes in return, or photographs them.
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Ashley: Adopted October 8, 1996 - Passed Away January 6, 2009
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