Can’t you just smell it! The mouth-watering aroma of freshly baked bread wafting throughout the house! And you did it with the smallest amount of effort and in under an hour from start to finish! Time to take a break and enjoy this delightful treat!
BEST HOMEMADE BREAD RECIPE EVER (adapted from pantrysecrets.com)
Mix dry ingredients.
- 5 cups white flour
- 1/2 cup gluten flour (or Wondra Flour)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 T salt
- 3 rounded tablespoons saf-instant yeast
Add wet ingredients.
- 3 T liquid lecithin (don’t measure, just pour what looks like 3 T) – available from PantrySecrets.com or Seagull Book
- 4 cups hot tap water
Mix together and add another 4-5 cups of flour only until the dough pulls away from the side of the bowl. Then knead for 5 minutes.
Oil the countertop and then put the dough on the counter. Divide into 4 equal parts. Form each part into a loaf and put into buttered pans.
Cover and let rise for 25 minutes.
Here’s the trick to getting smooth tops on your loaves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=859Wn3RIJrI
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put loaves in oven for 25 minutes.
Enjoy with homemade honey butter.
Texas Roadhouse Honey Butter (my version)
2 sticks butter (room temperature – softened)
1/4 c powdered sugar
1/4 c honey
1/2 tsp cinnamon (sometimes I like more cinnamon so you can add up to 2 tsp)
Whip together and enjoy!
- Homemade Bread:
- 9-10 cups white flour
- 1/2 cup gluten flour (or Wondra Flour)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 T salt
- 3 rounded tablespoons saf-instant yeast
- 3 T liquid lecithin (don’t measure, just pour what looks like 3 T) – available from PantrySecrets.com or Seagull Book
- 4 cups hot tap water
- Texas Roadhouse Honey Butter (my version)
- 2 sticks butter (room temperature – softened)
- 1/4 c powdered sugar
- 1/4 c honey
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon (sometimes I like more cinnamon so you can add up to 2 tsp)
- Whip together and enjoy!
- Mix dry ingredients – white flour, gluten gluten flour (or Wondra Flour), sugar, salt, yeast
- Add wet ingredients – liquid lecithin (don’t measure, just pour what looks like 3 T), hot tap water
- Mix together and add another 4-5 cups of flour only until the dough pulls away from the side of the bowl.
- Then knead for 5 minutes.
- Oil the countertop and then put the dough on the counter.
- Divide into 4 equal parts. Form each part into a loaf and put into buttered pans.
- Here’s the trick to getting smooth tops on your loaves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=859Wn3RIJrI
- Cover and let rise for 25 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put loaves in oven for 25 minutes.
- Enjoy with homemade honey butter.