Best Country White Bread Recipes

COUNTRY WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add sugar, salt, eggs, oil and 3 cups flour; beat on medium speed until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. , Turn dough onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. , Punch down dough. Divide in half and shape into loaves. Place in 2 greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Cover with kitchen towels; let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Preheat oven to 375°., Bake until golden brown, 25-30 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

COUNTRY WHITE BREAD FOR 2 LB. MACHINE

Steps:

• 1. Put ingredients in bread machine pan in the order listed. Set the machine for white bread, crust to your preference. Turn it on! In about 3 hours you have a wonderful HUGE loaf of homemade white bread. Perfect texture to use as sandwich bread, too. I love it warm, either from the machine or stick a slice into the microwave, with butter. YUMMY.
• 2. If you haven't been able to quite get it right before, you will with this recipe. A tip is to watch it while it mixes. The dough should wind up barely sticky, it should go around in the pan sticking occasionally. Add flour slowly if it sticks to sides and doesn't go around in the pan. It shouldn't be so dry that it just goes around in circles though.

COUNTRY WHITE BREAD OR DINNER ROLLS (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• In bread machine pan, place all ingredients from flour through yeast in order as recommended by the manufacturer.
• Select the basic bread setting.
• Check dough after 5 minutes of mixing, if needed add 1-2T of water or flour.
• Bake as normal.
• For dinner rolls.
• Mix in bread machine but use only the dough option.
• Lightly grease a 9 x 13 baking pan (I always use a metal pan).
• When dough is finished shape into 15 uniformly sized balls. I always grease my hands with shortening to smooth the dough out and it helps keep the dough from drying out.
• Cover and let the rolls rise in a warm, draft free place until risen to the desired size.
• I let them about double in size.
• Bake in a 350° oven about 12-15 minutes until golden brown.
• After removing from the oven, brush the tops of the rolls with melted butter.
• Take out of pan and let completely cool before storing.

GRANDMA'S COUNTRY WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add sugar, salt, eggs, oil, and 3 cups of flour, beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour,( I use about 6 1/2 cups) to form a soft dough.
• 2. Turn onto a floured surface, knead until smooth and elastic, about 6 to 8 minutes. Place in a well greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let stand (rise) in a warm place until doubled about 1 hour.
• 3. Punch dough down. (Use fingers to deflate dough, not your fist.) Divide dough in half and shape into 2 loaves. Place into 2 greased 9x5 loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. Bake at 375 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

COUNTRY WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in water in large bowl. (I usually add a pinch of sugar and wait for the yeast to foam but the original recipe didn't call for this step.).
• Add next 4 ingredients and 3 cups flour; beat until smooth.
• Stir in remaining flour.
• Knead 6-8 minutes.
• Let rise in greased bowl until double.
• Divide into 3 loaves; let raise again.
• Bake at 375°F for 25-30 minutes.

COUNTRY-STYLE WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• Make the starter:.
• Using the starter ingredients listed above, combine water and yeast in medium bowl. Stir to dissolve yeast. Add flour and stir until thoroughly mixed. Cover with a cloth and let rest at room temperature for 30 minutes before using in the dough.
• Make the dough:.
• Using the dough ingredients listed above, combine the water, honey, and yeast in the bowl of a heavy duty stand mixer. Stir to mix thoroughly. Add shortening, flour, salt, and starter. Mix ingredients on low speed, with the mixer, until the dough is smooth and elastic (this usually takes me about 8 - 10 minutes). To test it for elasticity, I pinch off a piece of dough, and stretch it between both thumbs and my fingers into a square. If the center stretches and becomes thin (like a windowpane) it's perfect. If the dough breaks easily instead of stretching, it's not ready yet. When ready, remove dough from mixing bowl.
• Divide the dough into two halves. Form each into a smooth ball. (You can wrap and freeze one of the loaves at this point.) Place the dough on the counter, or in a proofing basket, and cover with a warm, damp cloth. Rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400ºF. Form the dough into a loaf shape (free form or use a loaf pan), and cover with a warm, damp cloth. Let rest another 30 minutes.
• Baking the bread:.
• Score the loaf (loaves) with a sharp knife. Spritz with some water and place in the pre-heated oven (if making a free form loaf, place on a preheated baking stone). Bake for 30 - 40 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown, and the temperature in the middle of the loaf is about 195ºF. I use a digital probe thermometer to test the temperature.
• Remove the bread from the oven and from the pan (if using one). Let cool about 30 minutes.

COUNTRY WHITE BREAD - BREAD MACHINE OR OVEN

Steps:

• 1. Measure and add liquid ingredients to bread pan
• 2. Measure and add dry ingredients ( except yeast) to the bread pan
• 3. Make a well (hole) in the flour where you will pour the yeast.measure the yeast and pour into the well.
• 4. Snap,the baking pan into the bread machine and close the lid
• 5. Press the menu selection :::If you are going to the machine bake the bread then press for 2 lb loaf and choose the Basic setting ..if you going to bake in the oven ,then select dough cycle.
• 6. If baking in machine ,after baking cycle ends,then remove and cool on baking rack before cutting ...If baking in the oven ,when dough cycle is ended ,remove dough, divide dough in half, let rest 5 minutes ,then shape ,put in 2 loaf pans.( mine are 5x9 pans) if you want a higher loaf use the next size down.Cover with Pam sprayed plastic wrap and let rise in warm draft free area till dough is double in size .Bake in 375 degree oven ..about 35 minutes .Loaf is baked when it give a hollow sound when you "thump " be sure bottom is medium brown. It you want soft crust ,brush top with melted butter .for crisper crust leave as is ..let cool before cutting

COUNTRY WHITE BREAD OR DINNER ROLLS (BREAD MACHINE) RECIPE - (3.7/5)

Steps:

• Directions: 1 In bread machine pan, place all ingredients from flour through yeast in order as recommended by the manufacturer. 2 Select the basic bread setting. 3 Check dough after 5 minutes of mixing, if needed add 1-2T of water or flour. 4 Bake as normal. 5 For dinner rolls. 6 Mix in bread machine but use only the dough option. 7 Lightly grease a 9 x 13 baking pan (I always use a metal pan). 8 When dough is finished shape into 15 uniformly sized balls. I always grease my hands with shortening to smooth the dough out and it helps keep the dough from drying out. 9 Cover and let the rolls rise in a warm, draft free place until risen to the desired size. 10 I let them about double in size. 11 Bake in a 350° oven about 12-15 minutes until golden brown. 12 After removing from the oven, brush the tops of the rolls with melted butter. 13 Take out of pan and let completely cool before storing.

COUNTRY WHITE BREAD (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in the pan according to the order in the manufacturer's directions.
• Set crust on medium and program for the Basic cycle; press Start.
• When the baking cycle ends, immediately remove the bread from the pan and place on a rack; cool to room temperature before slicing.

BREAD MACHINE COUNTRY WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• Select white bread setting. Choose crust color if available. Bake according to manufacturers directions, checking the dough after 5 minutes of mixing. Add 1 or 2 tablespoons of water or flour if necessary.

COUNTRY WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• Mix together water, buttermilk and oil.
• Add 1 1/2 cups of flour and mix with a wooden spoon till smooth.
• Add sugar and eggs stir together till smooth.
• Mix in the salt.
• Then stir in yeast.
• Allow to sit uncovered for 15 minutes. Then add flour a 1/2 cup at a time. Stir till it becomes to hard to mix. Place some flour onto the counter and continue to slowly add remaining flour till the dough is just a little bit sticky (note you may not need all the flour).
• Knead the dough for 8-10 minutes till smooth and elastic (stand mixer 5-6 minutes with a dough hook). Place dough into a lightly oiled bowl.
• Spray the top of the dough with an oil spray. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm place for about 1 hour.
• Pour out onto a lightly floured surface. Cut dough in half and degas the dough.
• Shape dough into 2 rectangles the length of a 5x9 loaf pan. Roll the dough like a jelly roll being sure to lightly press with each rotation of the dough. Pinch the seam closed with your fingers.
• Place into two greased 5x9 loaf pans. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise till double in bulk about 45-60 minutes.
• After the dough has proofed, make egg wash and brush the tops of the loaves. Wait 5 minutes then brush again.
• Bake in a 375 degree oven for 30-35 minutes. If you place a thermometer into the center of the loaf it should register between 180 degrees or when you tap the bottom of the loaf it sounds hollow.
• Remove from pans and cool on a wire rack.

COUNTRY WHITE BREAD - PANERA BREAD RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Make the starter:. Using the starter ingredients listed above, combine water and yeast in medium bowl. Stir to dissolve yeast. Add flour and stir until thoroughly mixed. Cover with a cloth and let rest at room temperature for 30 minutes before using in the dough. Make the dough:. Using the dough ingredients listed above, combine the water, honey, and yeast in the bowl of a heavy duty stand mixer. Stir to mix thoroughly. Add shortening, flour, salt, and starter. Mix ingredients on low speed, with the mixer, until the dough is smooth and elastic (this usually takes me about 8 - 10 minutes). To test it for elasticity, pinch off a piece of dough, and stretch it between both thumbs and my fingers into a square. If the center stretches and becomes thin (like a windowpane) it's perfect. If the dough breaks easily instead of stretching, it's not ready yet. When ready, remove dough from mixing bowl. Divide the dough into two halves. Form each into a smooth ball. (You can wrap and freeze one of the loaves at this point.) Place the dough on the counter, or in a proofing basket, and cover with a warm, damp cloth. Rest at room temperature for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 400ºF. Form the dough into a loaf shape (free form or use a loaf pan), and cover with a warm, damp cloth. Let rest another 30 minutes. Baking the bread:. Score the loaf (loaves) with a sharp knife. Spritz with some water and place in the pre-heated oven (if making a free form loaf, place on a preheated baking stone). Bake for 30 - 40 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown, and the temperature in the middle of the loaf is about 195ºF. Remove the bread from the oven and from the pan (if using one). Let cool about 30 minutes.

COUNTRY WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Put all ingredients into a bread machine in the order given
• 2. set on dough cycle
• 3. remove and let rest for 10 minutes covered lightly
• 4. Now shape and put into a greased loaf pan and let raise in a warm place till doubled about 30 minutes
• 5. Now bake at 350 degree oven for 35 minutes
• 6. when finished baking brush with melted butter

GRANDMA'S COUNTRY WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• Makes 2 loaves
• In a large mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water and sugar. Let sit 10 minutes. Add the oil. Add the dry ingredients starting with 6 cups of flour. Mix all together. Knead the dough thoroughly until all ingredients are incorporated, and dough is smooth, elastic, very slightly sticky, and pulls away from the bowl (6-10 minutes). As you knead the dough, you may add more flour as needed, and repeat the process until dough reaches the desired consistency.
• Cover the bowl of dough with a dish towel or plastic wrap and let rise until doubled (an hour or more depending on how warm your kitchen is.) You may speed up this process by placing the covered bowl inside the oven with the oven light on, and another bowl of warm water sitting on the lower rack.
• Punch the dough down, divide and and form into 2 loaves. Place the dough in 2 greased bread pans. (I use 9" pans.) Cover and let rise till the top of the dough is an inch or two above the bread pans.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes. Remove the baked loaves from their pans immediately, and place on a cooling rack. Slice, and serve warm with butter and honey.
• Store in an air-tight bag. Baked loaves AND bread dough freeze well.
• Cost Breakdown:
• gallon vegetable oil - $6.78 = 256 T = $0.026/T = $0.139
• lb all-purpose flour - $6.78 = 94.5 C = $0.071/C = $0.426
• lb sugar - $5.58 = 378 T = $0.015/T = $0.060
• oz. salt - $0.42 = 122.75 tsp. = $0.003/tsp = $0.009
• lb yeast- $4.68 = 48 T = $0.098/T = $0.147
• Total Recipe Cost: $0.78
• Cost Per Loaf: $0.39