This easy homemade bread recipe is perfect for beginners. With just a few simple ingredients, it creates a soft, fluffy, and golden loaf that's ideal for sandwiches, pairing with soups, or enjoying with butter and jam. Simple to make and absolutely delicious!
Prep time: PT80M
Cook time: PT25M
Rating
4.92 stars (12 reviews)
Keywords
easy homemade bread recipe, how to make bread from scratch, easy bread recipe
3 - 3 1/4 cups flour (bread flour or unbleached all purpose flour)
1 teaspoon salt
butter (optional, for brushing on top of bread)
Categories
Miscellaneous
Breads
Cuisine
American
Steps
Warm up the water until it's a nice, bath water temperature. (See note.) Sprinkle in the yeast and half the sugar. Mix it until the yeast and sugar dissolve. The yeast should get foamy within a few minutes.
Pour all the liquid ingredients (water, yeast, sugar and oil) into a large bowl of a stand mixer and mix to combine.
Add half the flour to the bowl and start on low speed and mix the dough with a dough hook attachment, until the it comes together. Add the remaining flour and salt, gradually increasing the speed and knead the dough for 5-10 minutes.
Brush the bowl and coat the dough in a little bit of oil, cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set aside to rise until it doubles in size 30-90 min.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
When the dough has doubled, place the dough on the counter and shape it into a rectangle. It should be about the width of your bread pan. (I use a 9 X 5 inch bread pan.)
Roll it up tightly, starting with the short side and then place it seam side down into a greased loaf pan.
Cover loosely with plastic wrap or a towel and set aside until the dough doubles once again, 30 minutes to an hour.
Bake in the preheated oven for 23-27 minutes.
Take the bread out of the bread pan within 5 minutes and let it cool on a rack. Brush the top of the bread with butter to make it more glossy and to make the crust softer.
Store the bread, wrapped or in a bag, at room temperature, for 3-4 days. Store in the refrigerator if you need it to last 5-9 days. Bread can also be frozen for 1-3 months.
Reviews
Mark R. Biegert on 2025-11-09 (5 stars): Beautiful loaf. Easy to work dough. Great texture. Definitely a keeper.
T on 2025-11-09 (5 stars): Thanks to help from this recipe, I am now a bread maker! Thank you so much!
Jennifer Mielke on 2025-11-08 (5 stars): Question. In your recipe, you say add half the sugar to the warm water and yeast. I don’t see where you add the other TBSP of sugar. Or should I add both tablespoons to the yeast?
D Willits on 2025-10-05 (5 stars): Hi Olga,
This is my first time making bread. It turned out fantastic and made great BLAT sandwiches. Making the bread was as easy as you described! Thanks for the great recipe, I’m looking forward to trying other recipes of yours
Diane Lombardo on 2025-09-07 (5 stars): Olga, your recipe is absolutely delicious! My mother used to make ten loaves of homemade bread at a time because there was eleven of us in my family. It is one of my favorite memories just smelling the aroma the filled the house and then eating it warm out of the oven was amazing. This is my first experience making bread and using your recipe was so easy so I am definitely making it again and will be holding onto this recipe. Thank you so much for sharing! 😋🥰
Sarah on 2025-06-30 (5 stars): This recipe was awesome! I got it right the first time, just following your directions the family loved it!!! I am curious to know if I add cheese and herbs with the original recipe would that still work?
Hannah on 2025-06-29 (4 stars): When i placed in the fridge, it hardened after a couple days. How can I remedy this?
