Homemade Amish White Bread recipe with easy to follow instructions and photos to help you make delicious homemade bread for your family. Let's bake something amazing together today.
In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in ½ cup warm water. Cover the bowl with a plate to help trap the heat inside. Set the bowl aside for about 5 minutes or until the yeast is foamy and bubbly.
In the bowl of a stand mixer with the bread hook attachment, add the sugar, two cups warm water and melted butter. Then add the yeast mixture that's been proofed.
Gradually add the flour, one cup at a time, to form a soft dough, mix until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Allow the machine to knead the bread for about 5 minutes.
If you find the dough is sticking to the sides of the machine, you'll most likely need to sprinkle more flour into the mixer as the machine is kneading.
Remove the dough from the mixer and place on a lightly flour surface. Knead the dough a few times and then place in an oiled bowl. Make sure you turn the dough to coat both sides.
Cover with plastic wrap and set aside for it rise and double in size. This should take about 30 minutes to an hour.
Once the dough has risen and doubled in size, punch it down and divide into two equal portions.
Shape the dough into loaves and place in two baking pans that have been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray, cover with plastic wrap and set aside until each loaf has doubled in size; about 30 to 60 minutes.
Remove the plastic wrap and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 20 to 30 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and when you tap the top of the bread you hear a hollow sound.
Allow the bread to cool in the loaf pans for about 10 minutes and then turn the bread loaves out onto a cooling rack to finish cooling.
Brush the tops of the baked bread loaves with melted butter before serving.
Notes
How to make homemade bread in a bread machine
If you want to use a bread machine for this recipe, simply follow your manufacturer’s suggestions for the order in which you need to add the ingredients.
Then follow the manufacturer's instructions for baking homemade white bread.