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In 2022, I started down the path that so many others did of making their own homemade bread. As I started to look into how to make bread at home, I was presently surprised with how simple homemade bread can be. I didn’t have any sourdough starter, or standing mixer, or bread machine. Just some loaf pans. After trying a few different recipes this is the one that our family loves the most.

What I love most about this bread is it only takes a few hours to make, so I can start making bread at lunch and have it fresh for dinner. Also don’t need any thing fancy just a some bowl and my hands and about 2 hours to have yummy, simple and fast homemade bread.

Things you will need will be bowls ( at least 2), 2 loaf pans ( I like these ones from Amazon), dish towel and you hands. That’s it. No fancy machine to take up space on your counter that is just for making bread or big mixer that your small kitchen just doesn’t have room for.

This bread is so simple and easy to make, not to forget yummy, that I made it one Christmas for teachers and co-works. I just wrapped them in a cute towel and added the recipe so that they could make the bread themselves, or at least they would know what was in the bread.

White Bread

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Ingredients

1 2/3 cup luke warm water
2 1/4 tsp yeast
1 tsp sugar
1 TBSP honey
1 1/2 TBSP Unsalted butter at room temp.
4 cups flour
1 1/2 TBSP melted butter

Instructions

I n a bowl combine yeast, sugar, and half of the luke warm water. Let sit for 15 min.
Add remaining water, honey, salt, cubed butter, and flour to bowl. Knead until dough starts to pull away from the bowl. Then hand knead for 10 minutes.
Transfer the dough to a lightly greased bowl and cover for 45 minutes. Dough should double in size.
Lightly flour your work surface to place your dough on. Split dough into two equal sizes and use your fingers to gently pat the dough into a thin rectangle. Make sure to press all over to remove any air pockets.
Roll dough tightly starting at the small end. Then tuck the ends under to create some tension on the surface.
Place each loaf into a lightly greased loaf pan seam side down. Cover for 45 minutes. Dough should double in size.
Preheat oven to 390 degree F
Bake loafs for 25 to 30 minutes until golden brown.
Dump loafs onto cooling rack, then brush tops with melted butter.
Let cool before cutting.