Best Quick Easy Homemade Bread Recipes

QUICK & EASY HOMEMADE BREAD

Steps:

• Combine water, yeast, salt, sugar, milk powder, egg, and butter in a large mixing bowl- stir with wooden spoon until well mixed.
• Slowly add the flour while still mixing- you don't have to add whole wheat flour, but I usually add about a cup just to give it some whole wheat flavor; then the rest can be white flour- you can do half and half also, or just all white- you are the cook, mix it up.
• Continue to add the flour to the dough (you will have to use your hands to mix it now)
• Once the dough becomes more of a ball and not so runny, pour the dough out of the bowl onto a floured countertop; knead dough with your hands for 10-15 minutes, adding more flour if needed. Keep adding flour until the dough is JUST sticky when you hold it- but not too sticky- you don't want it stuck to your fingers. Also, if you add too much flour, your bread will become heavy- so watch how much flour you add to your mixture!
• Shape dough into ball, place in a large bowl lightly rubbed with oil; cover with a light towel- let rise until doubled in size.
• Separate dough in half; shape into dough roll and place in lightly oiled bread pans. Brush with a beaten egg to give it that nice golden look when it comes out of the oven or brush lightly with water and sprinkle lightly with quick oats or poppy seeds- the possibilities are endless!
• Let loaves rise for 15-20 minutes- this is a personal choice, some people do not like big loaves of bread, while others do- so keep an eye on how big your loaves get, it is a personal choice of course.
• Place in a 350 degree oven for 20-30 minutes, or until done.(cooking time varies, depending on oven).
• Let sit in pans for 5 minutes then take the loaves out and set on wire rack to cool.
• Its great for toast, sandwiches, or still hot out of the oven as a snack!

EASY QUICK HOMEMADE BREAD AND BISCUITS

Steps:

• Heat milk, sugar, salt, and butter substitute in small saucepan until butter melts and sugar dissolves.
• Cool to lukewarm.
• Dissolve yeast in warm water in warmed mixer bowl.
• Add milk mixture and slowly add flour.
• Mix for 1-2 minutes on speed 2.
• Place in greased bowl, turning to grease top.
• Cover and let rise next to warm oven for 10 minutes.
• Put dough in greased loaf pan and leftover dough in greased muffin pans.
• Let both pans rise in oven (170 degrees) for 10 minutes.
• Bake at 425 degrees (12 minutes for biscuits and 25-30 minutes for bread).

QUICK EASY HOMEMADE BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Start by activating the yeast with the warm water and 1 tsp of sugar, quick stir and set aside.
• 2. Put flour, sugar, salt and potato flakes in a mixing bowl. Give it a quick stir to mix ingredients together.
• 3. This is what my yeast looked like after about 15-18 minutes, I had to leave it for a several minutes, to my surprise it had grown!
• 4. Add the activated yeast mixture and oil to the flour and stir by hand using a spoon, I used a plastic one shaped just like a wooden spoon.
• 5. Once it comes together put out on a lightly floured surface and knead for about 2 minutes till dough is nice and smooth.
• 6. Place dough in a very lightly oiled bowl and let rise about 1 - 2 hours, doubles or more in size.
• 7. Once its nice and puffy give it a punch down and cut it into pieces and stretch three pieces to long fat strips and braid them. The rest of dough just stretch to a nice long loaf, like mine. I also sprinkled Lawry's seasoning salt & garlic powder on the braided bread and the other is plain.
• 8. Let sit for another 20 minutes or so and brush with egg whites and bake for 24 minutes on 375 degrees
• 9. Take bread out of oven it should be golden brown, if not let it go back in and watch it closely! I put mine on a cooling rack to cool down.
• 10. Just a couple extra pictures
• 11. One more :)