Homemade Farmhouse White Bread recipe
There is nothing like the smell of freshly baked homemade Farmhouse White Bread, warm and smeared with cold butter and piled high with fruity jam to make the taste buds tingle.
Ingredients
- 500 ml luke warm milk approximately 2 cups
- 2 large eggs
- 30 ml olive oil approximately 2 tablespoons
- 500 grams bread flour approximately 3 1/2 cups
- 10 grams instant yeast
- 5 ml salt approximately 1 teaspoon
- 10 ml sugar approximately 2 teaspoons
Instructions
- Measure the warm milk into a jug then add the eggs, sugar and olive oil. Whisk for a minute to combine and ensure the whites are amalgamated.
- Sift the flour into a bowl and add the yeast and salt.
- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in half the eggy milk mixture.
- Mix it in with the back of a wooden spoon or your hands and add more milk until you have a soft dough.
- Knead the dough for 5 minutes then make into a ball and place into a well oiled bowl to rise.
- Cover the bowl with cling wrap and leave to rise in a warm place for an hour or more, until doubled in size.
- When the dough has risen enough, punch it down and remove from the bowl.
- On a lightly floured surface, gently flatten the dough to remove air bubbles and shape to a rectangle the width of the bread pan.
- Roll up then place seam side down in the floured bread tin.
- Dust with flour then leave to rise again for 45-60 minutes.
- Use a sharp knife to cut diagonal slits on the top of the dough. This will ensure an even rise.
- 30 minutes before the end of the second rise, heat the oven to 220 C / 425 F / Gas Mark 7.
- When the bread is ready to bake, turn the oven down to 190 C / 375 F / Gas Mark 5, and place in the oven to bake for 35-40 minutes.
- When tapped, the bread will sound hollow when it is fully cooked. Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire cooling rack. Cool completely before slicing.
Nutrition
Calories: 161kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 6gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 143mgPotassium: 86mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 81IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 43mgIron: 1mg
Disclaimer: Nutritional information for the recipe is an approximation and varies according to the ingredients and products used.
Tried this recipe?Mention or tag @TantaliseMyTasteBuds on TikTok if you loved our recipes and remember to subscribe to our mailing list.
