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Basic White Bread | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | this is the easies #HomemadeBread #recipe ever since it's made in the #breadmaker. So delicious & bakes up perfectly every time. Wonderful side dish for any kind of meal. Delightful for #breakfast too. #bread #BasicWhiteBread

Basic White Bread

Teresa Ambra
Delicious breadmaker bread and raises perfectly every time and has a wonderful texture and taste. This recipe is for a two-pound loaf. It's terrific for breakfast or dinner. It's wonderful served with jams and preserves or spread with garlic butter and toasted in the oven.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 5 minutes
Course Breads, Rolls and Muffins, Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 20
Calories 120 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 breadmaker for 2-pound loaf
  • measuring bowls
  • measuring cups
  • 1 pastry brush to brush the bread with butter after bread bakes
  • 1 electric knife preferred, or sharp bread knife to cut bread in slices

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cups hot water
  • 2 tbsp. powdered milk
  • 2 tbsp. Crisco shortening
  • 1 tbsp. granulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp. sea salt or kosher salt
  • 4 1/4 cups bread flour NOT all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/4 tsp. bread-maker yeast

Instructions
 

  • Measure ingredients in the order listed into breadmaker baking pan.
  • This recipe is for a basic bread setting and cooks for 3 hours and 50 minutes in my breadmaker.
  • You must have a 2-lb. size breadmaker to make this bread.
  • Allow bread to cool about 15 minutes before removing from breadmaker.
  • Butter top and sides of bread to prevent crusts from hardening.
  • Wait 15 more minutes before slicing bread down with an electric knife (if you have one).
  • About 25 half-slices.

Notes

NOTE: Homemade bread has no preservatives so it needs to be refrigerated after 2 days.
 
NOTE: All-purpose flour doesn't contain enough gluten. The bread tends to come out very dry and crumbly.
 
NOTE: I recommend using Fleischmann's yeast or bread machine yeast in any yeast bread recipe. Red Star yeast just doesn't work as well.
 
Recipe adapted from Black and Decker.
 
© Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen

Nutrition

Calories: 120kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 4gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 150mgPotassium: 49mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 14IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 18mgIron: 0.3mg
Keyword bread, breakfast, brunch
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