Best Soft White Bread Recipes

EXTREMELY SOFT WHITE BREAD (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Put your hot water, yeast and sugar in your bread machine. Let stand 6-12 minutes depending on the temp of your water. Your yeast will foam.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Use rapid or basic white cycles.
• Or bake for 25 minute @ 350.

"SOFT AS WONDER" WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• Add ingredients in order given (this is for my machine, your's maybe different).
• Select dough cycle.
• When done, take out dough and on a floured surface, shape into loaf and place in loaf pan. (I try to work it as little as possible).
• Let rise in a warm place for approximately 40 minutes until doubled in size.
• Bake on centre rack of preheated 350 degree oven for 25-30 minutes.
• Cool on wire rack before slicing.

SOFT AND EASY WHITE BREAD (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• 1. Place water, sugar, and yeast in bread pan. Allow yeast to dissolve and foam for 10 minutes.
• 2. Add oil, flour, and salt (ending w/ salt on top of flour) to yeast mixture in bread pan. Select basic or white bread setting.

SOFT AND FLUFFY WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients (reserve about 1/2 cup of flour) and mix thoroughly in a large mixing bowl.
• Add reserved flour a tablespoon at a time to mixture until a soft, smooth dough is formed.
• You may not need the whole amount or you may need more.
• Anyway, add JUST enough flour until dough comes away from bowl and it doesn't stick to your fingers (ie the dough becomes manageable) Remember, the more flour you add while kneading, the heavier and drier your loaf will be.
• Turn dough out on lightly greased surface and knead for a while, about 10mins.
• Cover and let rise for about 1 hour, until puffy (dough might not double in bulk).
• Transfer dough to a lightly greased surface and shape it into a 8" log.
• Transfer log to a lightly greased loaf pan (8 1/2" x 4 1/2"), cover the pan with plastic proof cover (i just cover with a greased cling wrap, loosely).
• Let dough rise for about 1 hour, until outer edge has risen about 1" over the rim of the pan.
• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Uncover pan and bake for 35-40mins, tenting lightly with foil for the final 10-15mins if the top is browning too quickly.
• Remove bread from oven, take it out of the pan, and cool on wire rack.
• After 15mins, brush with butter, if desired; to give loaf an exceptionally soft crust.
• NOTE 1: I've tried substituting 2 tbsp lecithin granules for half of the butter (2 tbsp lecithin+ 2 tbsp butter)- it makes an even more tender loaf, and extends the shelf life a bit.
• NOTE 2:You may also use 1/4 cup nonfat dry milk+ 1 1/8 cup of lukewarm water to replace the milk called for in recipe.
• NOTE 3: Potato flour (1/4 cup) may be replaced with 1/3 cup potato flakes.
• Cinnamon Sticky Buns - Combine 3 TB brown sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon. Lightly beat 1 egg. Roll out the dough after the 1st rise into a rectangle about 1/3" thick. Brush egg over the dough, and sprinkle the cinnamon-sugar. If you like, you can also sprinkle 1/4 cup of dried cranberries or raisins, and 1/4 chopped toasted almonds/walnuts/pecans. Roll up dough, from the long side, into a log. Pinch the edges to seal (brush edges with egg glaze if necessary). Cut the log into 12-14 equal pieces. Place into greased muffin cups/two 8" round pans. Let rolls rise for another 45mins - 1 hr, brush egg glaze again and bake for 25mins until lightly brown. Brush with softened butter after the rolls came out from the oven, if desired.
• Ham & Cheese Buns- You will need 2 slices of ham, chopped (I use honey-glazed ham) and 2 oz. / 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, grated. Lightly beat 1 egg. Roll out the dough after the 1st rise into a rectangle about 1/3" thick. Brush egg over the dough, and sprinkle the chopped ham and cheese (reserve 2 tablespoon). Roll up dough, from the long side, into a log. Pinch the edges to seal (brush edges with egg glaze if necessary). Cut the log into 12-14 equal pieces. Place into greased muffin cups/two 8" round pans. Let rolls rise for another 45mins - 1 hr. Just before baking, brush egg glaze and sprinkle reserved cheese and bake for 25mins until lightly brown. Brush with softened butter after the rolls came out from the oven, if desired.

EXTREMELY SOFT WHITE BREAD (BREAD MACHINE) RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• Put your hot water, yeast and sugar in your bread machine. Let stand 6-12 minutes depending on the temp of your water. Your yeast will foam. Add remaining ingredients. Use rapid or basic white cycles (if baking in machine) Or bake for 25 minute @ 350. (if using dough cycle only in machine)

BASIC SOFT WHITE SANDWICH LOAF BREAD

Steps:

• Make the sponge. In a mixer bowl or other large bowl, combine the flour, water, honey, and instant yeast. Whisk until very smooth, to incorporate air, about 2 minutes. The sponge will be the consistency of a thick batter, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and cover with plastic wrap.
• Make the flour mixture and add to the sponge. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour (reserve 1/4 cup if mixing by hand), dry milk, and instant yeast. Sprinkle this on top of the sponge and cover tightly with plastic wrap. Allow it to ferment for 1 to 4 hours at room temperature. (During this time, the sponge will bubble through the flour blanket in places: this is fine).
• Mix the dough.
• HAND METHOD.
• Add the salt and butter to the bowl and, with a wooden spoon or with your hand, stir until all the flour is moistened. Knead the dough in the bowl until it comes together, then scrape it onto a lightly floured counter. Knead the dough for 5 minutes, enough to develop the gluten structure a little, adding as little of the reserved flour as possible to keep the dough from sticking. Use a bench scraper to scrape the dough and gather it together as you knead it. At this point, it will be very sticky. Cover it with an inverted bowl and allow it to rest for 20 minutes. (This resting time will make the dough less sticky and easier to work with).
• Knead the dough for another 5 minutes or until it is very smooth and elastic. It should still be tacky enough to cling slightly to your fingers a little. If the dough is still very sticky, however, add some of the remaining reserved flour, or a little extra.
• Shape the dough and let it rise. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured counter and cut it in half. Shape each piece into a loaf; the exact size is not important at this point. (A long side of the dough should be facing toward you). Dimple the dough with your fingers to deflate any large bubbles. Fold over the right side of the dough to a little past the center. Fold over hte left side of the dough to overlap it slightly. Press the center overlap section with the side of your hand to seal the dough. (If you have a lot of experiance shaping, you may prefer at this point to rotate the dough 90 degrees- a quarter turn). Starting at the top end of the dough, roll it over three or four times, until it reaches the bottom edge of the dough: with each roll, press with your thumbs to seal it and at the same time push it away from you slightly to tighten the outer skin. As you roll and press, the dough will become wider. If it is not as long as the pan, place both hands close together on top of the dough and, rolling back and fourth, gradually work your way towards the ends, gently stretching the dough. For the most even shape, it is important to keep a tight skin on the surface of the dough and not to tear it. If you want the edges of the loaf to be smooth, tuck the sides under. Place the loaves in the prepared loaf pans; the dough will be about 1/2 inch from the top of the pans. Cover them with a large container, or cover them loosely with oiled plastic wrap, and allow to rise until the center is about 1 inch above the sides of the pan, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. When the dough is pressed with a fingertip, the depression will very slowly fill inches.
• Preheat the oven. Preheat the oven to 350°F 45 minutes before baking. Have an oven shelf at the lowest level and place a baking stone or a baking sheet on it, and a cast-iron skillet or sheet pan on the floor of the oven, before preheating.
• Bake the bread. Quickly but gently set the pans on the hot baking stone or hot baking sheet. Toss 1/2 cup of ice cubes into the pan beneath and immediately shut the door. Bake for 50 minutes or until medium golden brown and a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean (an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center will read about 210°F). Halfway through baking, turn the pans around for even baking.
• Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack.

PASSOVER SOFT-BAKED CHOCOLATE AND WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIP MANDEL BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Sift potato starch, salt, and cake meal together. Set aside. 2. In separate bowl, cream 2 cups of sugar and margarine. 3. Add eggs 1 at a time and beat after each additional egg. 4. Add egg mixture to sifted dry ingredients and mix well. 5. Stir in chocolate chips. 6. Form into loaves that are 3 inches wide and 1 inch thick and about the length of a cookie pan. 7. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate until chilled - about 1 hour. 8. Cover cookie sheet with parchment paper. Remove plastic from loaf and place loaf on parchment paper. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. 9. Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes or until golden brown. 10. Slice into 1-inch pieces and serve.

KITTENCAL'S SOFT WHITE BAGUETTE-STYLE BREAD

Steps:

• Prepare one large cookie sheet lined with foil and sprayed with non-stick cooking spray or sprinkled with yellow cornmeal.
• Attach the kneader blade to a heavy-duty stand mixer.
• In the stainless steel bowl, dump 3 cups flour (to start) 1 teaspoon salt and 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Melt the butter or Crisco shortening in the microwave for about 22 seconds then dump into the bowl with the flour, sugar and salt.
• In a small cup add in the yeast with 1 teaspoon sugar in 1-1/4 cups warm water; cover with small clean cloth, and proof the yeast for 8-10 minutes, stirring just once with a small spoon or whisk (if the yeast doesn't foam discard and start again).
• After 10 minutes, add in the yeast/water mixture into the bowl and start kneading, adding in more flour as needed to create a soft semi-sticky dough (careful not to add in too much flour, as this will create a heavy bread!).
• Knead for 7-8 minutes, or until dough is the right texture and is smooth.
• Remove dough from the bowl, and let sit on a lightly floured surface covered with a clean tea towel for 10 minutes (this is important!).
• After 10 minutes, knead very gently (dough will come together nicely).
• Form into a semi-round ball.
• Grease a large glass bowl (I just use the same stainless steel bowl that I made the dough in).
• Place the dough in the oiled bowl; cover with a clean tea towel and set in a warm place to rise aproximmately 1 hour.
• Punch down dough and remove to a floured surface.
• At this point you may cut the dough in half to make two small long breads, or keep into one piece for one large loaf.
• Using hands shape into a rectangle (no need to use a rolling pin this dough will shape very easy).
• Roll up tightly then seal all edges.
• Cover the shaped loaf/s with a clean dry tea towel, and let rise for about 30-35 minutes in a warm place.
• After rising set oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a small cup whisk/mix together 1 egg white with 1 teaspoon cold water.
• Lightly brush the egg white mixture over the dough, then sprinkle with sesame seeds if desired.
• Bake for 25-33 minutes, or until bread is golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped.
• Delicious!

SOFT WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine 5 cups flour, sugar, dry milk powder, yeast and salt. In a saucepan, heat water and butter to 120°-130° (butter does not need to melt). Add to flour mixture. Beat on low speed until moistened; beat on medium for 3 minutes. Add enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch dough down. Divide into thirds; shape into loaves. Place in a greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks.

BEST SOFT WHITE BREAD EVER

Steps:

• I use a Kitchenaid mixer with a dough hook but I am sure you could make the dough in a bread machine. Just follow your machines instructions.
• Place all of the dry ingedients in the mixing bowl and turn the mixer on low to blend the ingredients.
• Warm the liquids until to about 100 deg. F. and add to the mixer.
• Mix until the dough pulls away from the sides of the mixing bowl. Then allow the mixer to run on the second lowest setting to knead the dough. This will take about 10 minutes. Dependng on the humidity, you may have to add another tablespoon of water (or two).
• Remove the dough hook and form the dough into a ball, Slightly oil the dough ball and place it back into the bowl to rise. Depending on the temperature this may take 1 to 3 hours. I like to put it in a cool area to have this step to the longest time possible. Let the dough rise until doubled in volume.
• Punch down the dough and shape in into the shape of your choice. I prefer a football shape with blunt ends. Place on parchment paper and put on a peel or a flat cookie sheet to facilitate putting it in the oven. Cover with plastic wrap and a towel and allow it to rise a second time. This will take 1 to 1.5 hours.
• Preheat the oven and the pizza stone to 400 Deg F.
• After the dough has almost doubled in size remove the towel and plastic wrap. With a sharp knife cut a slash along the top of the loaf.
• Mist the loaf with a spray bottle of water and slide it off of the peel (or cookie sheet) onto the pizza stone and cover with the inverted Aluminium pan.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes and remove the Aluminium pan, Bake for another 15 to 20 minutes or until the crust is the color you like, and the bottom sounds hollow when you tap it.
• Allow to cool before you try to cut this bread.

MOUNTAIN SOFT WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Add all ingredients to the pan in the order according to the manual (liquids first, then dry ingredients, then yeast).
• 2. Select "Basic Setting" (Setting 1) but do not allow the Process to go all the way to "Bake". I turn off the machine and remove the dough after the "Rise 2" cycle is complete (dough will be easier to handle if you let it complete "Rise 2").
• OR.
• Use Bread Machine "Home Made" Setting (Setting #11) if you have it and are comfortable using it.
• The Process times are:.
• "Knead 1" - 10 minutes.
• "Rise 1" - 25 minutes.
• "Knead 2" - 15 minutes.
• "Rise 2" - 35 minutes.
• "Rise 3" - 0 minutes.
• "Bake" - 0 minutes.
• Let Machine finish first four Processes ONLY.
• Turn off the machine and remove the dough after the "Rise 2" cycle is complete (dough will be easier to handle if you let it complete "Rise 2").
• 3. Put dough in bread pan. Cover with cloth. Let rise for about another hour, or until dough is about 1 inch above pan.
• 4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put pan in center of oven. Turn oven temp down to 300 degrees. Bake 30 minutes. Let cool on rack for about 15 minutes. Then remove from pan and serve warm with butter or thoroughly cool on rack.

BREAD MACHINE SOFT WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• Dough setting
• Bake in oven 350 degrees for 50 minutes

SOFT BUTTERY WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• Combine warm water with sugar and sprinkle yeast on top. Set aside to proof in a warm place free of drafts.
• Whisk together the flour, salt, and powdered milk. Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, combine 2 cups of warm water (between 110-115 degrees F) with 2 eggs, 3/4 cup of sugar and melted butter. Mix well.
• In your Kitchen-Aid or stand mixer (with a dough hook) put about 3/4 of the flour mixture; and pour in the egg mixture. Beat for until combined; Mix and then add the yeast mixture. add the remaining flour mixture, Continue beating, adding small quantities of flour until a soft ball of dough forms, adding a small amount of flour at a time if necessary to help make dough easier to handle. If dough is still too sticky, turn it out on lightly floured surface and knead in enough flour to make the dough easier to handle. Add as little as possible. I had to had about another cup.
• Place the dough in a prepared (vegetable oil spray or light oil or shortening). Turn upside down and cover with a clean cloth or loosely with plastic wrap; allow to rise in a warm place free of drafts for 60 minutes or until doubled in size.
• Punch dough down and separate into prepared loaf pans. If using SAF yeast you do not really need a second rise; but if you are using the fast acting packets you will need about a 30-40 minute second rise. When loaves are ready, bake in a 350 degree oven for about 40 minutes. Better a little bit under done than overdone. Crust will be a golden, but light brown.
• Remove bread from the pans immediately to cool on wire racks. Baste with butter while hot. After completely cooled, store in an airtight bag. Double bag for freezing. Yield: 3 smaller (but not the really small) loaves, or 2 of the large loaves. This makes terrific dinner rolls as well.
• For Sweet Rolls: Add 1 Tablespoon of vanilla and an extra 1/4 cup of granulated sugar to the egg mixture. Roll and shape for any rolls you desire, Cinnamon Swirl Bread, Cinnamon Rolls, Orange Zest Rolls, etc.

KITTENCAL'S SOFT WHITE BAGUETTE-STYLE BREAD

Steps:

• Prepare one large cookie sheet lined with foil and sprayed with non-stick cooking spray or sprinkled with yellow cornmeal.
• Attach the kneader blade to a heavy-duty stand mixer.
• In the stainless steel bowl, dump 3 cups flour (to start) 1 teaspoon salt and 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Melt the butter or Crisco shortening in the microwave for about 22 seconds then dump into the bowl with the flour, sugar and salt.
• In a small cup add in the yeast with 1 teaspoon sugar in 1-1/4 cups warm water; cover with small clean cloth, and proof the yeast for 8-10 minutes, stirring just once with a small spoon or whisk (if the yeast doesn't foam discard and start again).
• After 10 minutes, add in the yeast/water mixture into the bowl and start kneading, adding in more flour as needed to create a soft semi-sticky dough (careful not to add in too much flour, as this will create a heavy bread!).
• Knead for 7-8 minutes, or until dough is the right texture and is smooth.
• Remove dough from the bowl, and let sit on a lightly floured surface covered with a clean tea towel for 10 minutes (this is important!).
• After 10 minutes, knead very gently (dough will come together nicely).
• Form into a semi-round ball.
• Grease a large glass bowl (I just use the same stainless steel bowl that I made the dough in).
• Place the dough in the oiled bowl; cover with a clean tea towel and set in a warm place to rise aproximmately 1 hour.
• Punch down dough and remove to a floured surface.
• At this point you may cut the dough in half to make two small long breads, or keep into one piece for one large loaf.
• Using hands shape into a rectangle (no need to use a rolling pin this dough will shape very easy).
• Roll up tightly then seal all edges.
• Cover the shaped loaf/s with a clean dry tea towel, and let rise for about 30-35 minutes in a warm place.
• After rising set oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a small cup whisk/mix together 1 egg white with 1 teaspoon cold water.
• Lightly brush the egg white mixture over the dough, then sprinkle with sesame seeds if desired.
• Bake for 25-33 minutes, or until bread is golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped.
• Delicious!