Amish White Bread

Amish White Bread–a no fail recipe for the very best tender, fluffy white sandwich loaf bread with a slightly sweet taste. Use your Instant Pot to proof the dough to speed up the process.

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Amish White Bread

I don’t often make yeast breads because of the time it takes with the proofing and the fuss. But this bread is sooooo good I couldn’t get enough. It is a bit sweet, sort of like a Hawaiian bread or the rolls you get at Texas Roadhouse. The recipe makes 2 loaves. You can easily double the recipe to make 4 loaves. Give away to your lucky friends or neighbors or store in the freezer for another day.

This bread is perfect for slicing and having as the base of a sandwich. It’s also great as toast. It’s sweet enough that butter slathered on top is just right. No need for honey or jam.

I used a stand mixer to mix my ingredients together and knead the dough. If you don’t have a stand mixer, no problem! The Amish don’t either and kneading by hand works out just fine.

What ingredients do I need to make Amish bread?

You only need a handful of ingredients to make this luscious amish white bread recipe.

• Warm water
• Warm milk
• White sugar
• Active dry yeast*
• Salt
• Vegetable–or canola oil
• Bread flour–If you don’t have bread flour you can use all purpose flour. The bread might not raise as high and be as fluffy but it will still taste amazing.
• Butter

Instructions

1. Add warm water and milk to bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook (you can also make this recipe without a mixer, add ingredients to a large mixing bowl). The water and milk should be about 110 degrees*. This is nice and warm but not hot. Stir in the sugar and let it dissolve. 
2. Sprinkle the yeast into the bowl and whisk a little. Let the yeast mixture get foamy (about 5 minutes). 
   
3. Add in the salt, oil and 1 cup of the flour. Mix for 20 seconds. 
4. Then add in the rest of the flour, 1 cup at a time while the the mixer is on low. The dough should pull away from the sides of the bowl (you may have to add a little extra flour).
5. Mix for 5 minutes (without a mixer knead for 10 minutes on a floured surface)
6. Spray your Instant Pot liner with non-stick cooking spray or swirl oil in the bottom of it. Place the dough into the Instant Pot liner. Set Instant Pot to yogurt function LESS (use adjust button to get it to less, it should say 24 hours). Cover Instant Pot with a glass lid or a plate and let it raise for 30 minutes, or until doubled. (If you don’t have a yogurt button then just raise the bread on the counter for about 60 minutes.)
7. Punch dough down. Knead for 3 minutes by hand. Divide into two equal portions. Let rest for 5 minutes.
8. Shape the divided doughs into loaves. Grease two 9×5 inch bread pans. Place the loaves into the pans. Brush with the melted butter. Let the loaves raise for 30 minutes, or until dough is about 1 inch above the pans.  
   
9. Bake for 30 minutes in a 350 degree oven. Loaves should sound hollow when tapped. 

How to use Instant Pot to proof bread?

If you have a yogurt function on your Instant Pot you can use your Instant Pot to proof dough (raise dough) faster. It works so well. The ideal temperature for proofing bread is 78-90 degrees. And the lowest setting on the Instant Pot yogurt mode (usually used for Jiu Niang) has temps between 86-93.2°F.

How to use the Instant Pot to proof dough: Push the yogurt button. Use the adjust button (or press yogurt button again…depending on the model of your IP) to cycle through until the light is on the “less.” My pot says 24 hours on the display. Then cover the pot with a glass lid or a plate. DO NOT use the normal Instant Pot lid. If you do the dough might raise so high that it pushes the valve up and indicates to the pot that there is under pressure. You won’t be able to open the pot and the lid will be stuck. Let the dough raise for about 20-25 minutes, or until it has doubled.

What if I don’t have a yogurt button?

If you don’t have a yogurt button on your Instant Pot just let the dough raise in the mixing bowl for about 60 minutes or until doubled in size.

How to shape bread dough into a loaf?

I must admit I am pretty bad at this step and my loaves don’t always look picture perfect. Follow this tutorial for how to get the perfect shaped loaf every time.

1. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into a rectangle.
2. Starting along a long side pick up the dough and roll the dough up (like a jelly roll).
3. Pinch the seam closed with your fingers.
4. Fold one short end of the bread over the seam, and pinch it closed. And then repeat on the other side.
5. Place in a loaf pan with the seam on the bottom.

What’s the difference between bread flour and all-purpose flour?

Bread flour has a high amount of protein. Because of the higher content of protein in can produce more gluten and achieve the desired rise in bread. More protein is able to absorb more liquid so the bread will hold its shape and rise up instead of out. The high gluten in the bread produces a lighter and chewier bread, as opposed to a bread that is more dense and crumbly.

All purpose flour was designed to work with all sorts of baked goods…hence its name. It works well for just about every bread, cookie and cake recipe. While bread flour holds a higher protein content than that of all purpose flour, all purpose flour does still contain quite a bit of protein. This allows the flour to remain firm and hold its structure. Bread flour is ideal in this amish white bread recipe but not essential. Your bread will still be awesome with all purpose flour.

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Can I use less sugar?

This bread is quite sweet (and delicious!). If you’d like you can cut the sugar down by half.

Helpful Equipment

• I love my Bosch mixer from the 1980s. It is something I inherited and it won’t stop it’s so sturdy and amazing. Bosch mixers are expensive but they are the best tool that you can buy if you’re serious about making bread.
• Bread pans*
• An Instant Pot* with a yogurt button
• Pastry brush* for brushing the melted butter on the dough

More Homemade Bread Recipes…

• Christmas Tree Bread
• Easy French Bread Recipe
• Instant Pot Barbecue Chicken Flatbread Pizzas
• Orange Rolls
• Instant Pot Garbage Bread
• Texas Kolaches
• Instant Pot Soft Pretzels

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