Fluffy Thick White Bread

When you need the best white bread for anything this is the perfect neutral bread but it's amazing. It's fluffy, crunchy, and just beautiful in your mouth!

This recipe is based on Joshua Weissman's Supermarket Bread!

Ingredients

3/4 cup (174g) water

1/2 cup (125g) whole milk

1 packet (9g) active dry yeast 

3 cups (440g) all purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp (8g)  salt

1 tablespoon (21g) granulated sugar

3 tablespoons (42g) unsalted butter, softened


Directions

Combine 3/4 cup (174g) water with 1/2 cup (125g) whole milk and heat to around 98ºF. Mix in 1 tablespoon (9g) of active dry yeast, cover and set aside for 10 mins. **If you're using instant yeast instead of active dry yeast, add the instant yeast directly to the flour (make sure you mix the instant yeast into the flour before adding the rest of the dry ingredients).**

Combine 3 cups (440g) bread flour, 1 1/2 tsp (8g) sea salt, and 1 tablespoon (21g) granulated sugar. Whisk until thoroughly combined.

Add flour mixture to bottom of stand mixer bowl. Attach dough hook and start mixer on low speed. Slowly pour milk/water mixture. Mix until combined. Scrape sides of bowl occasionally and mix until dough is smooth (approx 2 – 3 mins). 

Add (42g) softened butter, 1 tablespoon at a time. Once everything has been incorporated, knead in the machine for 30 seconds more.

Take dough out of bowl and lightly shape into a ball. Lightly grease a bowl with some vegetable or olive oil (or any flavourless oil). Place dough in greased bowl and cover with greased plastic wrap. Let rise at room temperature for 1 to 1.5 hours or until double in size. 

Lightly grease a 9 x 4 ½ inch loaf pan.

Deflate dough and place on lightly floured surface. Using a rolling pin, roll out your dough to half an inch thick and wide enough to fit in your loaf pan.

Tightly roll your dough into a log and pinch the seam. Place inside the loaf pan (seam side down), cover with a damp towel or an inverted loaf pan, and let rise at room temperature for 45 mins to 1 hr or until double in size. 

Preheat oven to 350ºF. 

Place loaf pan in the oven and bake  at 350ºF for 35 to 40 mins or until golden brown. Take loaf out of pan and place on a cooling rack. Let cool completely before slicing really thick!

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