Mary's Amish White Bread Recipe

In Sunday's post I mentioned the amazing sandwich I picked up from this cute Farm Market a few weeks ago. I told the owner, that this was the most delicious white sandwich bread I had ever tasted.  So we started talking about breads, dough, etc.  I told her I made all of our breads and I was very happy with them all except the sandwich bread recipes I had tried which were good but not amazing.  We finished our conversation and right before I left she handed me a piece of paper with her recipe for the bread.  How sweet was that? 

It's funny how food can bring people together isn't it?  

I tried her recipe two days later and it tasted exactly like the one she made and TBG loved it.  I've made it twice now and it's safe to say this is our new go to sandwich bread.  

Ingredients:

1 cup warm water

1/3 cup sugar

2 1/4 teaspoons or one packet of yeast

3 cups of all purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 Tablespoons of oil 

1 1/2 Tablespoon melted butter to brush on as soon as it comes out of the oven

Directions:

Stir together the water, sugar and yeast and set aside for 5-10 minutes until it bubbles

In a large bowl add the flour, salt and oil, then pour in the yeast mixture.  Mix together until the dough no longer sticks to the side of the bowl, about 10 minutes. I used my Kitchen Aide with the dough hook but she said it easily comes together by hand as well.

Roll into a tight ball and place in a greased bowl.  Cover with plastic wrap and set aside to double in size.  About 60-90 minutes.

Deflate the dough and shape into a log to fit a 9x5 loaf pan.  Cover with plastic wrap again and set aside for another 60 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350F and bake for 25 to 30 minutes until golden brown.

Brush the crust with melted butter and let cool in the pan for about 10 minutes then remove and transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Slice to your desired thickness and enjoy.