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Delicious Slicing Bread

This all-purpose bread makes great sandwiches and toast and is the basis for theApple Caramel Monkey Bread. It was inspired out of necessity, for who among us doesn't need a great sandwich bread? This is a staple in my kitchen.

Ingredients

1 loaf

3 1⁄3 cupsBread Flour #1
1/2 cup non-fat dry milk powder, or milk substitute
1/2 cup lightly packed light brown sugar
2 1/4 teaspoons instant active or active dry yeast
1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons water (105° to 110°F)
2 large eggs
1/4 cup vegetable oil
  1. Step 1

    Spray an 81/2 x 41/2-inch or 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with vegetable spray.

    Step 2

    In the bowl of a heavy-duty mixer, add the flour blend, milk powder, brown sugar, and yeast and mix to combine. Mix together the water, eggs, and vegetable oil in a separate bowl. Add to the dry ingredients. Beat on low for 1 minute. Beat on medium-high speed for 3 minutes or until the mixture is smooth, shiny, and has thickened.

    Step 3

    Scrape the dough into the prepared pan. Cover with lightly oiled plastic wrap and set in a warm, draft-free area until the dough rises to the top of the pan.

    Step 4

    预热烤箱至375°F。把塑料包装and bake on the middle rack for 40 to 45 minutes, until the top sounds hollow when tapped and the internal temperature reads 190°to 200°F.

    Step 5

    Remove and turn out onto a wire rack. Cool completely before slicing.

  2. Bread Machine Preparation

    Step 6

    Combine the eggs, water, and vegetable oil and pour into the bread pan. Combine the flour blend and milk powder. Spoon over the wet ingredients. Sprinkle the yeast over the top. Follow the instructions of the machine for proper setting or pick a setting that allows for one knead and rise cycle and a 50 minute bake time.

Avoiding Dairy?

Use Vance's DariFree or powdered soy milk in place of powdered milk.

From the bookGluten-Free Makeovers, by Beth Hillson. Reprinted by arrangement with Da Capo Lifelong, a member of the Perseus Books Group. Copyright © 2011.
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  • I made this using actual bread flour instead of the bread flour mix. It tastes great, and the cooking temp/time didn't vary, but mine overflowed out of the pan. I saw it quickly rose a lot before I started baking it, so I put the pan on tin foil to catch the excess and scraped that off. I'd guess maybe 1/6th of the dough was thrown away. Perhaps it was the pan or the use of actual bread flour, not sure. But it tastes great and I'd definitely make this again! Super easy and pretty quick, too!

    • Laura116

    • Jersey City, NJ

    • 8/4/2013

  • The recipe should include 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons warm water. Beth Hillson, the author

    • bethhillson

    • 8/2/2012

  • prep says to mix water w/eggs and oil. No water is listed in ingredients!...???

    • Anonymous

    • chicago, il

    • 1/18/2012

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