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Soft Homemade Bread Recipe with Simple Pantry Ingredients
Fluffy Homemade Bread with a Golden Crust
There’s nothing quite like the smell of homemade bread baking in the oven. This recipe keeps things simple with basic pantry ingredients and easy steps anyone can follow. The result is a soft, golden loaf that’s perfect for breakfast, sandwiches, or just warm with butter.
Benefits of This Homemade Bread Recipe:
- Uses everyday ingredients you already have at home
- No complicated steps, just mix, rise, and bake
- Soft and fluffy texture with a golden crust
- Customizable with different seed toppings
Bake soft and fluffy Homemade Bread with simple ingredients. Easy step-by-step recipe with golden crust and seed topping.
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Soft and Fluffy Homemade Bread Recipe
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Proofing time: 70 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 55 minutes
- Yield: 1 loaf 1x
- Category: Bread Recipes
- Method: Easy
Description
Soft Homemade Bread Recipe you’ll bake again and again.
Ingredients
- 4 cups cake flour
- 1 packet yeast
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup oil
- ± 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
- ± 2 tablespoons oil (extra, for coating)
- 1 egg (for egg wash)
- Topping: sesame, poppy, aniseed, or sunflower seeds
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix the flour, yeast, salt, and sugar.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, oil, and lukewarm water.
- Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients. Mix until a soft dough forms.
- Pat the dough with the extra oil.
- Cover and let rise for about 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
- Divide the dough into 3 pieces, braid them, and place them into a greased loaf tin.
- Let it rise again for 10 minutes.
- Brush the top with egg wash and sprinkle with seeds of your choice.
- Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 20–25 minutes, until golden brown.
- Cool slightly before slicing.
If you’ve been craving soft Homemade Bread, this recipe is the one. With just a little rise time and a quick bake, you’ll have a bakery-style loaf at home.
This Homemade Bread Recipe is simple, soft, and full of flavor. Made with basic pantry ingredients, it bakes into a golden loaf that’s perfect for sandwiches, breakfast, or enjoying warm with butter.
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