About the bake
Fancy dialling your lunch up a notch? Whether it's a cheese ploughman, or a grilled cheese toastie oozing with melted cheese, this classic white loaf recipe makes it easy for you to achieve a deli-style lunch in the comfort of your home for half the price.
Whether it's filling your home with the smell of freshly baked bread, the the crackle and crisp as you slice into your loaf before lathering 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 Allinson's Flour range, as it's is 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 seeded knot rolls recipe – all made using Allinson's white dough for a perfect fluffy bread bakes every time.
Method
Step 1:
MIX 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.
Ingredients
For the Dough
- 500g Allinson's Strong White Bread Flour
- 7g Allinson's Easy Bake Yeast
- 1.5 tsp Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 1.5 tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Butter (softened)
- 300ml Warm water
- 500g Allinson's Strong White Bread Flour
Utensils
- 2lb loaf tin
- Mixing bowl
Nutritional Information
per 47g- 120cal Energy
- 1.2g Fat
- 0.6g of which Saturates
- 23g Carbohydrates
- 0.5g of which Sugars
- 4.1g Protein
- 0.47g Salt
Recipe Reviews
I doubled up the recipe and made 3 small loaves. They came out amazing. Probably the best bread I've made. Very easy to make. Definitely going to use this recipe again.
super esay to make
From the first time i make this i loved is the only recipe i use to make bread really good
Easy and delicious
I gave “Myself” 3 Stars, but the recipe itself is very good. Easy to follow, but I adjusted it (from experience) and added the yeast just before I added the water. Et “Voila”… Bread ☺️
Great recipe. Turned out great!
Ingredients
For the Dough
- 500g Allinson's Strong White Bread Flour
- 7g Allinson's Easy Bake Yeast
- 1.5 tsp Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 1.5 tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Butter (softened)
- 300ml Warm water
- 500g Allinson's Strong White Bread Flour
Utensils
- 2lb loaf tin
- Mixing bowl
Nutritional Information
per 47g- 120cal Energy
- 1.2g Fat
- 0.6g of which Saturates
- 23g Carbohydrates
- 0.5g of which Sugars
- 4.1g Protein
- 0.47g Salt