Recipe details Easy · 1 servings
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Soft Honey-Butter Sandwich Loaf
A tender, lightly sweetened white sandwich bread with a soft crumb and a golden butter-brushed crust. The dough is mixed and risen in a bread machine, then shaped into a loaf pan and baked in the oven for an especially fresh homemade finish.
Ingredients
- • 3 cups bread flour
- • 1 tablespoon gluten powder
- • 1 teaspoon salt
- • 2 teaspoons instant yeast
- • 1/2 cup milk
- • 1/2 cup water
- • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- • 3 tablespoons honey
- • 1 tablespoon melted butter, for brushing
Method
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- Grease an 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch loaf pan.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F near the end of the final rise.
| 3 cups bread flour | mix and knead | rest 10 min | shape loaf | proof | bake 350 F 30-35 min | brush with butter |
| 1 tablespoon gluten powder | ||||||
| 1 teaspoon salt | ||||||
| 2 teaspoons instant yeast | ||||||
| 1/2 cup milk | ||||||
| 1/2 cup water | ||||||
| 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened | ||||||
| 3 tablespoons honey | ||||||
| 1 tablespoon melted butter, for brushing |
1 mix and knead 8 ingredients
Place the bread flour, gluten powder, salt, instant yeast, milk, water, softened butter, and honey in a bread-machine pan and run the dough cycle until the dough is smooth, elastic, and has completed its first rise.
- 3 cups bread flour
- 1 tablespoon gluten powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons instant yeast
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 3 tablespoons honey
2 rest 10 min
Transfer the risen dough to a lightly floured surface, cover it, and let it rest for 10 minutes.
From: mix and knead
3 shape loaf
Roll the rested dough into a rectangle, roll it tightly into a log, and set it seam-side down in the greased loaf pan.
From: rest 10 min
4 proof
Cover the shaped loaf and let it rise in a warm place until the dough stands about 1 inch above the rim of the pan.
From: shape loaf
5 bake 350 F 30-35 min
Bake the fully risen loaf at 350 F for 30 to 35 minutes, until the crust is golden and the center reaches about 190 F.
From: proof
6 brush with butter 1 ingredient
Remove the baked bread from the pan, brush the hot loaf with melted butter, and cool completely on a rack before slicing.
From: bake 350 F 30-35 min
- 1 tablespoon melted butter, for brushing
- 1
mix and knead
Place the bread flour, gluten powder, salt, instant yeast, milk, water, softened butter, and honey in a bread-machine pan and run the dough cycle until the dough is smooth, elastic, and has completed its first rise.
3 cups bread flour; 1 tablespoon gluten powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons instant yeast; 1/2 cup milk; 1/2 cup water; 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened; 3 tablespoons honey
- 2
rest 10 min
Transfer the risen dough to a lightly floured surface, cover it, and let it rest for 10 minutes.
- 3
shape loaf
Roll the rested dough into a rectangle, roll it tightly into a log, and set it seam-side down in the greased loaf pan.
- 4
proof
Cover the shaped loaf and let it rise in a warm place until the dough stands about 1 inch above the rim of the pan.
- 5
bake 350 F 30-35 min
Bake the fully risen loaf at 350 F for 30 to 35 minutes, until the crust is golden and the center reaches about 190 F.
- 6
brush with butter
Remove the baked bread from the pan, brush the hot loaf with melted butter, and cool completely on a rack before slicing.
1 tablespoon melted butter, for brushing
Text instructions
Grease an 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch loaf pan.
Preheat the oven to 350 F near the end of the final rise.
Place the bread flour, gluten powder, salt, instant yeast, milk, water, softened butter, and honey in a bread-machine pan and run the dough cycle until the dough is smooth, elastic, and has completed its first rise.
Transfer the risen dough to a lightly floured surface, cover it, and let it rest for 10 minutes.
Roll the rested dough into a rectangle, roll it tightly into a log, and set it seam-side down in the greased loaf pan.
Cover the shaped loaf and let it rise in a warm place until the dough stands about 1 inch above the rim of the pan.
Bake the fully risen loaf at 350 F for 30 to 35 minutes, until the crust is golden and the center reaches about 190 F.
Remove the baked bread from the pan, brush the hot loaf with melted butter, and cool completely on a rack before slicing.
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