Walter Sands Basic White Bread, Bread Machine Version

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- Ready In:
- 3hrs 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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1 loaf
- Serves:
- 18
ingredients
- 1 1⁄4 - 1 1⁄3 cups water
- 1 tablespoon honey or 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1⁄2 cup dry milk
- 17 ounces unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons instant yeast
directions
- Put everything in the bread maker in the above order. I choose the dough setting, as I don't like to bake my bread in it. Let rise until doubled, it may take longer than the time allotted by the machine. Remove, form, put in a 9x5' bread pan. Cover with a damp towel or oiled cling wrap and let rise until it is an in to an inch and a half over the rim of the pan, about an hour.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes, rotating halfway through for even browning. Remove, turn out, let cool completely on a wire rack and offer to a friend.
- One footnote; I like to use hi-maize natural fiber as part of the flour, 1/3 cup, it makes white bread healthier, and you don't even know it is there!
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Reviews
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Very good bread. I let the ABM do all the work, and ended up with a fine crispy crust. As others said, the texture is light, yet firm. FWIW, my dog would not let this out of her sight until I put it away, so 3 thumbs up from our household. Made for I Recommend tag game. Update from 3/15 review: after we let the bread cool completely, we were astonished by the cleanly cut finely-grained slices, perfect for sandwiches.
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Great bread recipe! This tastes great of course but the best thing is the texture - so soft and light but still firm enough to hold up to a sandwich or the toaster. I used a stand mixer to mix/knead the dough, then let it rise in the oven over a bowl of warm water for an hour, then in the pan for an hour as directed. Can't wait to use this on rolls and cinnamon bread - thanks for sharing the recipe!
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Thank you for posting what is the best basic white bread for ABM that I have tried. Looking forward to trying it as rolls, maybe for Thanksgiving. And thanks for posting the oven-method instructions. (I hate the way my machine bakes-good for mixing and kneading, but don't like the loaf shape). Made for Fall 2012 PAC game.
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<p>I have two great dogs, Jack and Lucy, a black lab and a boxer/pitbull mix, respectively.</p>
<p>My rating system;</p>
<p>5 stars= great, had fun making it and will make again</p>
<p>4= made some changes as the recipe needed tweaking</p>
<p>3= probably will not make again</p>
<p>I will not post a 2 or 1 star rating, I'd rather post the review with no stars and share some possible fixes:)</p>