Community Pick
Softest Ever Bread Machine Bread
"My sister gave me this recipe soon after I brought home my bread machine. It's a staple in our house. Soft and fluffy and great for sandwiches or just to eat fresh out of the oven!
UPDATE 3/25/2005 - I made this using the dough cycle of my bread maker today but baked it in the oven and it turned out perfectly! I baked it at 350°F for 25-30 minutes."
photo by Ellen J.
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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1 loaf
ingredients
- 1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 (1/4 ounce) package bread machine yeast
- 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
- 3 cups bread flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
directions
- Place the water, sugar and yeast in the pan of the bread machine.
- Let the yeast dissolve and foam for 10 minutes.
- Add the oil, flour and salt to the yeast.
- Select Basic or White Bread setting, and press Start.
- You can also use the dough cycle of your bread maker and then place in a greased loaf pan; punch down and let rise again and then bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until done.
Questions & Replies
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Can you use regular yeast and flour? -
If I double this recipe do I double everything including the yeast? -
I have a breadmaker with settings for 1lb, 1.5lb, and 2lb. Which size is right for this recipe? -
if using bread machine yeast how much is a quarter ounce in relation to tsp. quantities? -
What would cause my loaf to look completely normal and perfect, but it's like it collapsed in the middle only inside (so there was a hole when it was cut)?
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Reviews
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This really was a great soft white bread! It came out so fluffy and soft in the middle. It was delicious! I will use this recipe again for my bread machine. If any others have to set the lb's on their machines like I have to. This make a 1.5 lb loaf. Thanks for the recipe!
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I have noticed on a few recipes that people have said the addition of oil to their recipes has left them with an "off" taste. Please as with an other ingredient make sure that you are not using old oil. Oil will turn rancid under certain conditions or with time. Hope this helps. I will be trying the recipe soon. It sounds wonderful :) -
Wow. I very rarely write reviews,.....but just had to here. I've tried multiple recipes in my bread machine,.....all of them turning out tasty, but "heavy" and denser than I'd like. I came across this recipe and decided to give it a whirl. Am VERY glad I did. Light bread! Tasty Bread! This has moved to the TOP of my bread machine "go-to" listing. I recommend this recipe! Give it a try to test it out. I'm guessing you'll be glad you did. -
I joined the site just to review this recipe - by far the most amazingly soft bread I have ever made! I have tweaked it just a bit by substituting honey for the white sugar, replacing one cup of bread flour with white wheat and using olive oil. Once I started using the olive oil instead of canola, I swear the bread got even softer. I either bake it as a loaf or shape it into sandwich buns. We LOVE this bread, and it is a staple in our pantry. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe!
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I bought my machine about 4 years ago and made a few loaves according to the machine's recipes but was never happy with the loaves. They were just too heavy and dense. so I put my machine on the shelf and forgot about it for a few years. I wanted to try it again but got the same results until I found this recipe! After the first loaf, I was so pleased that I continued making loaves. I've been experimenting by using bullion in place of salt and adding garlic and onion powder and dried onions. So far so good.
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Tweaks
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I used real butter instead of oil, and monk fruit sugar instead of white sugar.
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Thank you for sharing this. I bought my bread machine 2 years ago and have never made a decent loaf of bread until now. I gave up trying to make soft bread. All the recipes in the book end up being too dense and I just can't deal with it. All I wanted to do was save money on bread, you know? I couldn't believe how soft this loaf of bread was. I sliced it up and had a PBandJ and it was so good. A bit yeasty, but still good. I'd love to make this again, but as whole wheat. We stopped eating white bread years ago and switched to wheat, so this is the first loaf of white bread I've had in a very long time. Is it possible to replace the flour with wheat flour?
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Butter instead of oil
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I have been making bread from scratch every day for 10 years. I tried this recipe with my bread machine that was collecting dust because I had been using my kitchenaide. I make the dough and then bake in a loaf pan for 30 mins. This bread is guaranteed perfect! My four kids love it for sandwiches, holds together while still being soft as air! I feel like I am cheating using the bread machine to make the dough, but I am happy to do so moving forward! Make bread dough every day. Then its ready when I want to bake it. I have been freezing this dough and have it on hand for bread, rolls whatever! I substitute organic coconut oil for the oil in the recipe, turns out beautiful and a feel good recipe with organic flour and sugar with sea salt! Thank you! -
With the exception of using butter instead of oil, made this as directed on the dough setting and baked it about 25 minutes at 350. Must say, this is as good as any white bread recipe I've ever tried. Definitely top of my rotation now.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Dine Dish
Shawnee, 55
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