Homemade Sandwich Bread
Oh, momma! If you have never ever made homemade bread, this is the recipe for you!
This is an updated post with more about the Italian flour I used. Momma Mia!
Look at that beauty!
Italian Flour
First things first: I bake exclusively with Italian flour now. As in I order my flour from Italy. Fancy!
Why Italian Flour For Bread?
It’s a personal choice, but for me it’s about the EU/Italian regulations, which is stricter than American grown wheat. They prohit certain chemical treatments or enrichments, are processed minimally, but the biggie is that Italian flour has lower pesticide residues.
Caputo 00 Flour
There is a link to the flour in the recipe card.
Caputo Flour is a 00 flour, which means it is the most finely ground (00 has nothing to do with protein levels). Typically, it is said you need a higher than 00 flour for bread, but take a look at the photos, it turned out fine (HA! Italian flour pun!).
00 flour is most likely an 10%-1% protein flour and it’s recommended that you use a 12%-14% protein flour for bread.
You do you, mah babies!
Italian Flour Cost
It is pricey. Took me a bit to buy it because it runs about $8 a pound – that’s more than some meat cuts!
But, once I bought it and tried it, I was hooked.
I make all my cookies, cakes, and bread with it.
Sandwich Bread Recipe
This is not my recipe (altho, I did tweak a bit). I found this recipe on Youtube, by the creator: LilyLouTay. Goodness, y’all. She’s so much fun to watch and her recipes all look amazing. This is the first one of hers I have tried and it didn’t disappoint.
To the recipe!
Easy Sandwich Bread Recipe
Ingredients and Instructions:
1 cup warm milk (I always use full fat)
1 tsp yeast
1 tsp sugar
Stir these three ingredients together and set aside. I placed a kitchen towel over the top of the measuring cup to keep in the warmth and help that yeast bloom.
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3 cup all purpose flour (I am now baking exclusively with Italian flour because they don’t process it like American flours. You CAN taste the difference. At the end of the post I’ll link.)
1 tsp sea salt
3 tbsps of butter
Mix all ingredients together with your hands, so you can feel that the butter is completely cut in (like biscuits)
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Make sure your yeast has grown. It will look distinctly different than the milk with a tannish color.
Add the yeast and 1 egg (even better if it’s farm fresh!) to the flour mixture and using your hands again, mix completely and do a light knead.
Cover and place in a warm spot for 1 hour.
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Once the dough has finished it’s first rise, roll out lightly into a rectangle shape, then shape into a loaf.
Butter a loaf pan and place dough inside to rise for 30 more minutes
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15 minutes before your dough has completely risen (half way through the last rise), preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Once the dough has completed the last rise, place into hot oven and bake 30 minutes.
Have butter and maybe honey or jam ready for hot bread!
Homemade Sandwich Bread
Need a truly EASY sandwich bread recipe? Here it is!
Ingredients
- Yeast Mixture:
- 1 cup warm milk
- 1 tsp yeast
- 1 tsp sugar
- Flour Mixture:
- 3 cups of all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 tbsps butter
- 1 egg
Instructions
1: Mix warm milk, yeast and sugar together and set aside.
2: Mix flour, salt, and butter together with your hands, as if you're making biscuits.
3: Add yeast after it has bloomed and the egg and knead together with hands until you can form a ball. Let rest one hour, covered, in a warm place.
4: After first rise, roll out into a rectangle and place in a buttered loaf pan.
5: Let rise 30 more minutes.
6. 15 minutes before your dough has completely risen (half way through the last rise), preheat oven to 350 degrees.
7: Once the dough has completed the last rise, place into hot oven and bake 30 minutes.
Have butter and maybe honey or jam ready for hot bread!
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Original Post: July 2, 2025 ~ Updated Post: February 2, 2026
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Sandwich Bread
That’s it! Homemade sandwich bread in about 2 hours!
Now, here is what I actually did, so you won’t feel bad if you don’t follow the directions as written:
I accidentally cut short the first rise by 9 minutes. OY! But as you can see it was fine.
I cut short the cook time by 2-3 minutes, because I cook by smell (been baking for years, so this is a thing!)
I pulled it out, thumped the top and it resounded as if hollow. That’s what you want!
I plopped it out of the pan and cut immediately, slathering it with butter and peach preserves.
Oh My!
Double The Recipe
The only thing I’ll change next time is that I will double the recipe and make two loaves at a time.
Sandwich bread for ever’one!
Wait, I’ll also slice the bread completely while hot. It’s easier to slice that way.
That crusty top makes slicing easy!
I’ll also slice the second loaf and put into the freezer. That way I can take out what I need and never waste a slice.
Well?
What are you waiting on?
Get to baking your very own homemade sandwich bread, then come back and tell me how good it was!