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    Home » Recipes » Breads » Easy Homemade Amish Bread

    Last updated: Dec 28, 2020 by Melissa Riker · 8 Comments

    Easy Homemade Amish Bread

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    overhead view of loaf of fresh bread with two slices cut

    This easy homemade Amish white bread recipe is simple enough for beginner bakers and tastes delicious!

    overhead view of loaf of fresh bread with two slices cut

    Amish White Bread

    When we lived in England last year there was something about the food that I noticed that was quite different. In particular, no matter what kind of bread I bought there it would go moldy very quickly. (Produce too!) I got in the habit of buying fresh bread at the bakery every two or three days rather than counting on a loaf lasting the week.

    Why I Bake My Own Homemade White Bread

    When we moved back to the US I didn't think much of it until one day recently when I realized that we had the same packs of sandwich bread and hamburger buns on the kitchen counter for about three weeks and they never molded.

    While that might sound like a good thing it made me seriously question what in the world was in that bread that kept it preserved for that long and whatever it was, did I really want to be feeding it to my kids?

    close up of homemade amish white bread loaf

    Right then and there I decided to make my own bread instead of buying it. I used to make bread all the time but as we added to our family and got busier I got away from it. No longer! Making bread sounds complicated to a lot of people but in reality, it's not hard at all. You do need to allow time for the dough to rise twice but the actual active prep time is less than 30 minutes.

    This is one of my favorite easy homemade bread recipes. I've heard it called Amish bread, Amish Sweet bread, or Amish butter bread...I have no idea if it's an actual Amish recipe so please forgive my ignorance on its origin, I received the recipe from a friend when I was pregnant with my oldest son about 12 years ago and it's been a favorite ever since.

    Amish White Bread Ingredients

    • yeast
    • warm (not hot) water
    • sugar
    • salt
    • vegetable oil
    • flour
    • butter to coat top (optional but recommended!)
    A close up of a piece of bread cut from homemade white bread loaf

    How to Make Amish White Bread

    It's so easy you can't go wrong, even my kids can make it with minimal supervision.

    You'll spray a large bowl with nonstick spray, this is where your dough will rise. Then you combine the warm water, sugar, and yeast and allow the yeast to do its work getting all frothy for about 15 minutes.

    Next, we make dough! Attach a dough hook to your mixer and add the oil and salt. Then start adding the flour a little at a time as you run the mixer.

    When all the flour is added and the dough is pulling away from the side transfer it to a floured surface and knead it for 1-2 minutes. Then place the dough in the bowl you prepped and cover loosely with cling wrap and let it rise for an hour.

    You'll see that the dough has about doubled in size. Give it a little punch to release the built up air, then divide it in half. grease two loaf pans and put half of the dough in each one. Cover again and let it rise another hour.

    After the hour remove the cling wrap and bake for 30 minutes. As soon as you remove it from the oven, brush with melted butter (optional but HIGHLY recommended!) That's it! Fresh homemade white bread!

    I like this bread sliced with butter or toasted up into Texas Toast with dinner. It's sweet, buttery and dense...my mouth is already watering!

    overhead view of two slices cut from loaf of homemade bread

    You might also like these other bread recipes like Amish Friendship Bread, Homemade Naan, Cheddar Zucchini Bread, or my favorite Apple Cinnamon Bread!

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    overhead view of two slices cut from loaf of homemade bread

    Easy Homemade White Bread

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    • Author: Melissa Riker
    • Prep Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
    • Cook Time: 30 minutes
    • Total Time: 3 hours
    • Yield: 10 1x
    • Category: bread
    • Method: baking
    • Cuisine: American
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    Description

    This easy homemade white bread recipe is simple enough for beginner bakers and tastes delicious!


    Ingredients

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    • 1 ½ tablespoon yeast
    • 2 cups warm (not hot) water
    • ⅔ cup granulated sugar
    • 1 ½ teaspoon salt
    • ¼ cup vegetable oil
    • 6 cups flour
    • 2 tablespoons butter to coat top (optional but recommended!)

    Instructions

    1. Spray a large bowl generously with nonstick spray. Set aside.
    2. In a large stand mixer (affiliate link) bowl combine water and sugar. Add yeast and allow to sit for 15minutess or until frothy.
    3. Add oil and salt and set mixer on low speed with dough hook. Slowly add flour a cup at a time.
    4. When all flour is added and dough is pulling away from the sides of the bowl transfer dough to a floured surface and knead lightly for 1-2 minutes.
    5. Transfer dough to greased bowl and flip it over to coat lightly with nonstick spray. Cover loosely with cling wrap and let rise for one hour.
    6. Punch dough to release air and divide in half.
    7. Grease two loaf pans (I use these that are 9" by 5") and place half dough in each and again cover loosely with cling wrap for an additional hour.
    8. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
    9. Remove cling wrap and bake bread for 30 minutes or until the top is golden brown.
    10. Remove from oven and brush top with melted butter if desired. Let cool 15 minutes before removing to wire rack.

    Notes

    • Keep dough in away from drafts when allowing it to rise.
    • I store this bread in the refrigerator up to a week to make it last longer. On the counter I keep it 2-3 days.

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    1. Janette Sinclair says

      March 18, 2020 at 12:39 pm

      Can I make this in my breadmaker?

      Reply
      • Melissa Riker says

        March 20, 2020 at 10:49 am

        I've never had a breadmaker Janette, so I'm not much help there. I would think it would be fine but I can't say for sure.

        Reply
    2. Carlotta Miller says

      March 18, 2020 at 7:42 am

      What if you don’t have a mixer with a dough hook?

      Reply
      • Wendy says

        March 22, 2020 at 7:14 pm

        I just made this and used a hand mixer to mix the dough and then kneaded it. It’s still very beautiful!

        Reply
    3. Leah says

      February 12, 2019 at 8:48 pm

      Should I use AP flour or bread flour?

      Reply
      • Melissa says

        February 12, 2019 at 10:00 pm

        all-purpose Leah...I'll update the post to reflect that, thanks for asking the question! ~Melissa

        Reply
    4. Lesley george says

      February 19, 2018 at 5:30 am

      So much sugar! It's more of a bun surely...

      Reply
    5. Dennis Regling says

      February 13, 2018 at 12:14 pm

      Add an egg and replace half the water with an equal amount of milk and you have it right.
      http://www.visittheamish.com

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