White Bread Recipe

Sorry this is the first day that I’ve been able to post on my blog this week.  We’ve had a pretty busy week here, but as promised I have my recipe for one of my favorite breads to make in the bread machine.  Here is the basic recipe:

White Bread

¾ cup milk (or water), room temperature

1 ½ Tbsp olive oil (or veggie oil)

1 ½ Tbsp granulated sugar (or honey)

½ tsp salt

2 ¼ cup bread flour

3 tsp vital wheat gluten (optional)

1 ½ tsp yeast

Add ingredients, in order, to bread machine pan.  Use basic cycle, 1 ½ lb. loaf, light crust.  You will probably have to add a little water or milk after it has mixed together.

This bread is very versatile.  Here are just a few substitutions and additions for the bread.

• Add dry herbs (how much depends on what type of herbs you use).  Soak your dry herbs in the warmed milk for about ten minutes before turning the bread machine on.
• Substitute ½ cup potato water and ¼ cup mashed potatoes for the milk to make potato bread.  Wait several minutes after mixing before adding more water.  (I haven’t tried this with this specific recipe, but I have done it with others so I am assuming this one will turn out fine.)
• Substitute ¾ cup of bread flour with whole wheat flour and increase wheat gluten to 3 ½ tsp.

I hope you like it.  We love it for sandwich bread.  One substitution I am hoping to try out with this recipe is adding oats to it.  If I figure out the correct recipe for that I will definitely post it in the future.

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