Fluffy White Bread Recipe

Chicken salad sandwich and tomatoes on the vine.

A tasty fluffy white loaf of bread easy to make

5 from 2 votes

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Course: bread, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine: British

Keyword: bread, bread flour, flour, fluffy white loaf, loaf, white bread, yeast

Prep Time: 2

Cook Time: 30

Total Time: 2 30

Servings: loaf

Calories: 2091kcal

Author: Martin (Dad What Cooks)

Cost: £1

Equipment

Ingredients

4-5 cups bread flour (around 500g)
95 ml water for mixing with yeast
235 ml water
2 teaspoon yeast
½ tablespoon salt
30 g sugar
1 ½ tablespoon butter

Instructions

In a jug mix the yeast well with 95ml of water. The water should be luke warm which means around 30-35℃. Too hot and the yeast will be killed. Too cold and it won't start working, so be careful with getting this right. Leave it for 10 minutes to mix properly and start working. If it's working properly you should see some bubbles starting to develop.
95 ml water, 2 tsp yeast
In the mixing bowl, place 3 cups of flour, butter, sugar and yeast mix. Start mixing in gently.
4-5 cups bread flour, 30 g sugar, 1 ½ tbsp butter
Pour in the rest of the water and mix. Then gradually pour in the salt. Ideally the salt should go in as late as possible to avoid it from stopping the yeast from working.
235 ml water, ½ tbsp salt
Now the skills are required. You need to add in another 1 - 2 cups of flour to bring the dough to a malleable but not dry mix. Too wet and it becomes impossible to handle, too dry and it won't rise nicely. Be patient with getting this right, it might take a few goes at baking bread but it is worth it once you get your mojo.
Keep kneading the mix until you get a strong dough which gives back a bit when stretching it. Can take up to 10/15 mins for it to come together (sometimes more/sometimes less)
Once you have dough, cover the mixing bowl and leave the dough to rise until it is doubled in size. This can take up to 2 hours in the UK, but also quick (45 mins if it's warm)
Take the dough out of the bowl and flatten it out by hand. Then make a rectangular shape and roll it tightly up.
Rub butter around the inside of a bread tin to grease it up (to stop the bread sticking) and then place the rolled dough in your bread tin
Cover with an upturned carrier bag, shower cap or bigger bowl and leave the dough to prove (rise) for 30 mins until it just pops out the top of the bread tin.
Place the bread in to a preheated oven at 200C for 30 minutes (turn the bread around at 15 mins to allow an even bake).
Take the bread out when done. Tap the underneath to see if its cooked. If it is, it will sound hollow. Place on a cooling rack and allow to cool before slicing.

Notes

Baking bread takes time and patience. If this is your first time, keep trying if it doesn't work straight away.

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