White Bread: Soft Homemade Sandwich Loaves
Soft white bread made with honey and butter, shaped into two fluffy sandwich loaves for toast, sandwiches, and French toast.
Servings: 2
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Prep: 15 minutes
Total: 2 hours 15 minutes
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 ⅔ cups lukewarm water divided
- 2 ¼ teaspoons instant yeast or active dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon honey or more sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ tablespoons unsalted butter cubed and at room temperature
- 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour divided
- 1 ½ tablespoons butter melted, for brushing
Instructions
Instructions
- Combine yeast, sugar, and half the water; rest until foamy.
- Add remaining water, honey, salt, cubed butter, and 4 cups flour. Knead 6 to 9 minutes until smooth, adding reserved flour only as needed.
- Place in a greased bowl, cover, and rise about 45 minutes until doubled.
- Divide in half, shape two rolled loaves, place seam-side down in greased 8-by-4-inch pans, cover, and rise about 45 minutes.
- Heat oven to 390°F with a lower-middle rack.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes until golden and 208 to 210°F inside.
- Cool on a rack, brush with melted butter, and cool completely before slicing.