Easy Amish White Bread Recipe

I’m not gonna lie, I am a white bread lover. I was raised on it and I just haven’t found a wheat/whole-grain/whatever bread that I like. I have cut way back on my bread consumption over the years, for my health’s sake, but it is still a favorite. Since I still have custody of my son’s Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer, I had to make some homemade bread to go along with the Crockpot Bacon Cheeseburger Soup I made a few weeks ago. I have held on to this recipe for years, I got it from a little old, former Mennonite woman who I went to church with. She had given me loaves of this bread and it was so delicious, I asked for the recipe. I had never made it until now, because I was too lazy to make it without a good mixer with a dough hook!

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Easy Amish White Bread

Prep Time

2 hrs 10 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Total Time

2 hrs 40 mins

 

This easy Amish white bread recipe is a perfect compliment to soups and stews. It is also great for sandwiches.

Course: Bread

Cuisine: American

Servings: 2 loaves

Author: Cindy Schultz (handed down from Mrs Chupp)

Ingredients

• 6 cups flour
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 TBS yeast
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 cups warm water 115°
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 TBS butter

Instructions

1. Grease a large mixing bowl, for dough to rise in.
2. Grease two 9x5" loaf pans.
3. In a bowl place sugar and water, sprinkle with yeast and let dissolve for about 15 minutes.
4. In the large mixing bowl add 3 cups flour, salt, and oil and mix with paddle attachment.
5. Add in remaining 3 cups of flour, change to dough hook and mix until it pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
6. Pull the dough out onto a slightly floured surface and knead lightly.
7. Place the dough in a well oiled bowl, turning the dough to coat,
8. Cover with a damp towel or plastic wrap and place in a warm, draft-free spot for about an hour, until it doubles in size.
9. Remove the cover and punch the dough down.
10. Pull the dough out onto a slightly floured surface, knead lightly.
11. Divide the dough in half, form each half into loaves by rolling them up and pinching the edges together.
12. Place the loaves in the prepared loaf pans. Cover and let rise another 30-45 minutes, until about an inch over the top of the pan.
13. Preheat the oven to 350°.
14. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
15. Pull the loaves out of the oven, melt the butter and brush it on the loaves.
16. Allow the loaves to cool for at least 10 minutes in the pans before removing to the cooling racks.

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