Fancy dialling your lunch up a notch? Whether it's a Cheese Ploughman's or a grilled cheese toastie oozing with melted cheese, this white loaf recipe makes it easy for you to achieve a deli-style lunch in the comfort of your home.
Whether it's filling your home with the smell of freshly-baked bread, the the crackle as you slice into your loaf before slathering it with butter, or simply watching you family tuck into their gooey eggs and soldiers, there's so much to love about bread baking. We love using Allinson's Flour range for our bread recipes, as it's perfect for kneading newbies or bread fanatics.
What are the 4 main ingredients in bread?
The four main ingredients in our white bread recipe are flour, yeast, water, and salt.
If you like this recipe, you could try our french baguettes recipe – made using Allinson's strong bread white flour. They're crusty, crunchy and beautifully-golden!
Mix the flour, yeast, sugar and salt in a big bowl. Using your fingertips rub in the butter until only fine ‘crumbs’ are left. Mix in the water with a cutlery knife.
Step 2
KNEAD Tip onto a lightly flour dusted surface and knead for 10 minutes (or use the dough hook attachment on your mixer for 5 minutes).
Step 3
RISE
Lightly grease the mixing bowl with some oil. Put the dough back in, cover the bowl with a clean tea towel and leave to rise until doubled in size.
Step 4
SHAPE
Knock back the dough by gently kneading just 5 times to get the air out. Mould into a smooth oval and lift into a lightly oiled 900g/2lb loaf tin.
Step 5
PROVE
Cover the dough again with a clean tea towel and leave to prove until doubled in size again. Preheat your oven to 200°C (fan 180°C, gas mark 6).
Step 6
BAKE
Lift the tin onto the middle oven shelf and bake for 30-35 minutes, until you can lift the bread loaf from the tin and when you tap the base it sounds hollow. Cool on a wire rack.
165 Baker Ratings
I had to scale it down to 400g of flour and less water as well same yeast and salt. using 500g the bread would not fit in the toaster the top stuck out. But the recipe is what I always use and never fails. Its better made by hand, I find the process almost therapeutic.
