Friday, January 23, 2009

Amish White Bread for the KitchenAid

A fantastic recipe for homemade white bread.

Amish White Bread

I know that it's a contradiction in terms to put the words Amish and KitchenAid together, but this is an Amish bread recipe from a clipping that I adapted for the KitchenAid. I know a lot of folks love their bread machines, and I own one. It's in the garage. Frankly using a KitchenAid stand mixer really makes the process of bread making so much more simple and the result is two large loaves instead of just one small one. Of course if you don't own a stand mixer you can certainly still make this - with a little more elbow grease.

When using bread flour, this recipe produces a beautiful fluffy, tender and light loaf that just melts in your mouth. You can certainly substitute all purpose flour, but you'll have smaller loaves. Adding 2 teaspoons of vital wheat gluten per cup of all purpose flour seems to help. This is simply a delicious bread and is definitely a keeper.

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Recipe: Amish White Bread for the Kitchen Aid

©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 1 hour 30 min incl rise time |Cook time: 40 min | Yield: 2 loaves

Ingredients
  • 2 cups warm water (110 degrees), separated
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar, separated
  • 1-1/2 tablespoons active dry yeast
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1/4 cup canola or vegetable oil
  • 5-6 cups bread flour, separated
Instructions

Microwave water for about 3 minutes or until it reaches 110 degrees F. Put yeast into a separate small bowl, add about 1 teaspoon of the sugar to the yeast and about 1/4 cup of the warm water. Stir well and let sit for about 10 minutes, or until yeast foams up and doubles.

Attach the dough hook to your mixer and add 4 cups of the flour to the mixing bowl; turn the mixer on speed 1. Add the salt and the remaining sugar and mix together. Add the remaining warm water, the yeast mixture, and the oil; mix.

Scrape the sides of the bowl, turn to speed 2 and begin to add the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough cleans the sides of the mixer bowl and clings to the hook. It is possible that you may not use all of the flour. Continue kneading on speed 2 for about 2 minutes or until dough is smooth and elastic but still slightly sticky.

Spray top of dough and sides of mixing bowl with a light coat of non-stick spray, turn the dough over and spray the top. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and place into a warm, draft free spot for about 1 hour or until doubled.

Punch down and turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Separate into two pieces, cover with a towel and allow to rest for 10 minutes. Flatten into a rectangle and roll up, pinching the seams together and tucking in the ends.

Spray two 9 x 5 inch loaf pans with non-stick cooking spray and place the shaped loaves into the pans. Put in a warm spot and allow to rise for 30 minutes, or until dough has risen about 1-inch above pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.

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12 comments:

  1. I am loving this recipe. The kitchenaid just makes easy work of it. My only question is about the vegetable oil. I didn't see it used anywhere in the recipe. Just for clarity, that can be used in substitute for the cooking spray. I seem to find those used interchangeably to oil the bowl in most recipes I stumble across.
    This bread is baking right now and I have to tell you my kitchen smells DIVINE!! Thanks so much for posting this recipe.

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  2. Hi Alicia! I'm so sorry - guess I never caught that. The oil should go in the dough itself. Hope you enjoyed the bread!!

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  3. When do you put the oil in the mixutre?

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  4. sorry, read over it a few times and didn't see where you added the oil but went back one more time and saw it .

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  5. I'm gonna have to rewrite that Sherry - you can't really see it in the recipe well. Where it says "Add the salt and the remaining sugar and mix together. Add the remaining warm water and the yeast and blend together; stir in oil. "

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  6. Fabulous recipe. I went a little extra on the flour. Great fluffy white bread. Wonderful texture, and soooo easy to make!

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    1. It really is isn't it?! Thanks for stopping back by to let me know that you enjoyed it. I just love making bread.

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  7. I got my kitchenaid mixer for christmas, and I have never made bread. Thanks for posting this using the kitchenaid. Going to try it this weekend. Wish me luck!

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    1. Congratulations Patti!! I know you will enjoy using that Kitchen Aid so dive in. You'll be surprised how easy it is to do bread now!!

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    2. It turned out so good and tasty. I was really suprised on how easy it was. Thanks for the recipe. Can't wait to try making rolls and pizza crusts.

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    3. You're so welcome Patti - thanks for letting me know!!

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  8. I have never made homemade bread before. I got my kitchenaid for christmas and am going to attempt to make it this weekend. Thanks for posting this recipe for the mixer. Wish me luck!

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