Amish White Bread Recipe
houseofnasheats.com · 2016 · 24 servings
Against 150 white sandwich bread recipes
More sugar than 94% of recipes and less salt than 94%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 150 white sandwich bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 94% of recipes: 13% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.2%, about 3 times as much.
- Less salt than 94% of recipes: 1.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.9%.
- Less liquid than 82% of recipes: 56% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
Ingredients (8)
- 2 cups (475g) warm water ((around 100-110°F))475 g
- 1/3 cup (67g) granulated sugar67 g
- 2 Tablespoons honey≈ 42 g
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons instant yeast (or active dry yeast)≈ 14 g
- 1/4 cup vegetable or canola oil≈ 55 g
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt≈ 9 g
- 5 1/2 to 6 cups (846g) bread flour (scooped & leveled)846 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 2 Tablespoons salted butter (for brushing or rubbing on top of the finished loaves)≈ 28 g
flour 846 gbatter 1508 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 150 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Liquid56% · 18th percentile · median 64%
- Fat6.4% · 34th percentile · median 8%
- Sugar13% · 95th percentile · median 4.2%
- Salt1.1% · 5th percentile · median 1.9%
- Yeast1.7% · 73rd percentile · median 1.3%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 375°F
- Time
- 28 to 30 minutes
- median 33 minutes
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