World's Easiest Yeast Bread Recipe
This simple homemade bread recipe yields soft, fluffy loaves with a tender crust. Combining flour, yeast, and hot water, you'll knead and rise the dough before baking it to golden perfection. A final wrap in a tea towel keeps the crust soft.
Equipment
- Large mixing bowl
- Rolling Pin
- Damp tea towel
- Loaf pans
- Measuring cups and spoons
Ingredients
- 2 tsp sugar
- ¼ cup cooking oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 5 cups all-purpose white flour
- 2 tbsp yeast
- 2 cups warm-hot water
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine 4 cups of flour, yeast, sugar, and salt.
- Add hot water and oil, mixing until the ingredients come together, though the dough will be sticky.
- Gradually incorporate the remaining flour until the dough is no longer sticky.
- Knead the dough for about 5 minutes until it becomes elastic and smooth.
- Return the dough to the bowl, cover it with a damp tea towel, and let it rise until it doubles in size, which should take around 30 minutes.
- Punch the dough down, then divide it into two portions.
- Roll each portion to fit into well-oiled loaf pans and let them rise until the dough reaches the top of the pans.
- Roll each portion to fit into well-oiled loaf pans and let them rise until the dough reaches the top of the pans.
- Bake at 400°F for 40 minutes.
- Once baked, brush the hot loaves with water and wrap them in a tea towel to soften the crust.
Notes
- Depending on the humidity and type of flour used, you may need to adjust the amount of flour added.
- To prevent the crust from becoming too hard, ensure that you wrap the baked loaves in a tea towel immediately after baking while they are still warm.