Easy Amish White bread recipe is a sweet, velvety-textured, homemade bread that’s perfect for sandwiches. You can make it by hand or in a bread machine – both instructions included. It freezes well, too.
For this Amish white bread recipe you’ll need: whole milk, sugar, yeast, salt, coconut oil, bread flour, butter, two 9 by 5 inch loaf pans (measured from outside edge to outside edge. 1- 1/2 quart), and an instant read thermometer. You can find a list of bread baking tools and helpful information on the Essentials page.
Bread Flour or All-Purpose?
This recipe works best with bread flour but you can also use all purpose flour if you like. Just be aware that the texture will be a little more dense and your loaf will not rise as high. It freezes well, too. You can form this dough into dinner rolls, cinnamon rolls, hamburger buns… you can knead in up to 2 cups raisins, chocolate chips, or nuts… you can even roll it out, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar, and roll it up for a gorgeous, buttery cinnamon swirl loaf. You’re going to love this versatile bread recipe!
Amish white bread is a tender, fluffy loaf with a velvety texture. If you are looking for the homemade equivalent of Wonder Bread you’ll want to try this. It is somewhat sweet — and when I say somewhat I mean like those fabulous, hot dinner rolls they have at Logan’s Roadhouse or Hawaiian rolls. If you want something less sweet you can cut the sugar in half. It will change the texture a bit but will still be great.
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This is one bread recipe I don’t often use butter in. I use organic extra-virgin coconut oil because it adds just a little flavor to the bread. A light vegetable oil will work, too. Try it with coconut oil, light vegetable oil, and melted butter and just see what you like best.
But Is It Amish?
I honestly couldn’t tell you if Amish white bread is Amish or not. I do know it is really awesome good.
I spent part of my childhood in Pennsylvania and was used to seeing Amish families driving their buggies to church, rolling hills dotted with white farmhouses and well ordered farms, and best of all (to me) those gorgeous quilts hanging on clotheslines. When I got older and did my stint as a fine artist people often commented on the intense colors I used in my paintings. It’s something I soaked up during those years.
And of course the aroma of fresh breads and pastries, cakes and cookies, pies and tarts that wafted over the countryside like some kind of crazy incense.
Tips for Making Homemade Bread
If you’ve had trouble with bread before be sure to read these posts on troubleshooting and tips:
- Yeast Bread Baking Tips 1
- Yeast Bread Baking Tips 2
- Troubleshooting
- How to Make Bread a Complete Guide
- How Do I Make Bread from Scratch
How to Knead Bread by Hand Video
Several people have asked me how to knead bread by hand. I made this video – hope it helps.
How to Make Bread Step By Step Images
If you’d like a visual step by step here it is – oh, and just so you don’t feel the need to tell me… yes, I got the pictures out of order. 🙂
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I use a Bosch to make bread with. I love my Kitchenaid but it just doesn’t handle bread as well as I’d like. If you plan on making bread often I’d recommend saving up for a Bosch. It lasts forever. You won’t regret it.
Making homemade bread does take some practice but it is so very worth it!
Many people have asked me if you “have” to use bread flour. The bread will rise higher and lighter if you do but you can substitute all-purpose flour if you must. I do not recommend it.
More Favorite Bread Recipes
Amish White Bread Recipe
You are going to love the sweet tenderness of this easy loaf! Once you’ve gotten some practice with this give the Buttermilk Cinnamon Swirl Bread or Rustic White Bread a try.
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Amish White Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup water, 110F
- 1 cup whole milk, 110F
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons active dry yeast
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 cup mild vegetable oil, — coconut oil works really well here!
- 5-1/2 to 6-1/2 cups bread flour
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
Instructions
Conventional Method
- Dissolve the sugar in the warm water and milk in a large bowl.
- Whisk in the yeast.
- Set aside for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the yeast mixture gets foamy.
- Whisk in the salt and oil.
- With the mixer running add the flour, one cup at a time, until the dough pulls away from the bowl.
- Knead by machine about 5 minutes.
- If you are hand kneading mix in the flour until you have a sticky dough, turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 10 minutes or until the dough is smooth and elastic – adding flour as needed.
- Oil a large bowl and place the ball of dough in it.
- Oil the top of the dough and then cover with a damp cloth.
- Allow it to rise until it has doubled in bulk. This will take about an hour.
- Punch the dough down.
- Knead for three minutes or so and divide in half.
- Let rest for five minutes.
- Shape into loaves and then place in greased 9×5-inch loaf pans.
- Brush the tops with the melted butter.
- Let rise for 30 minutes, or until the dough has risen an inch or so above the pans.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes, or until loaves sound hollow when tapped.
- For a soft crust butter the tops and place a clean tea towel over the baked loaves as soon as you take them out of the oven. Let them cool for about 5 minutes and then take them out of the pans to finish cooling, covering them back up with the tea towel.
Bread Machine
- Add ingredients to your bread machine in the order the manufacturer recommends.
- Select white bread cycle.
- Press “start”.
- When the dough has risen once and second cycle of kneading begins, turn the machine off. Press “start” again to reset the machine.
- The dough will rise a second time before it bakes.
Video
Nutrition
P says
In the bread machine is it 2 loaves or just one?
Marye says
I would guess it would be 2
Rogene Lewis says
Does weather have any bearing on the bread recipe? Have made once before, and it was great but don’t remember about the weather.
Marye says
it can! There are certain conditions which can affect rising.
jayefromjersey says
This bread is Wonderful!! Once you make it you will fall in love with it! Instead of milk I use heavy or light cream.
Marye says
so glad you liked it!
billiejo lear says
THIS should be called the best recipe on the interwebz!
I have used this recipe a million times (ok maybe not that many lol) for many different things!
I have used it for bread which ALWAYS comes out perfect!
I used it for rolls!
It makes a really awesome and sweet pizza dough as well!
What else? Monkey bread! (some people call it other things like garbage bread or meat and cheese bread!) I put it in my pyrex tubes oh my wish I could share a photo!
Again..if you havent tried this recipe, YOU SHOULD but beware: You are going to eat too much! LOL 😀
Casey Dye says
This is our family Sunday treat!! For the milk we use half whipped cream and half 2 %. So good. My kids eat one loaf while the other is cooling. If we don’t hide the 2nd loaf they sneak into it.
Gloria Terry-Gamron says
FYI, I also wasn’t able to open the other videos on rising, baking, etc. There wasn’t an arrow for me to click on to view them. I only got a larger picture of the videos. I am looking at your blog on my android tablet, so, that might be the problem.
Marye says
I’ll check it, thanks Gloria!
Gloria Terry-Gamron says
Wonderful bread recipe. Thanks to you, I finally made 2 great loaves. My husband was elated. You explain things so well. I read all your suggested blogs on the steps and watched the video before I tried the recipe and actually kneaded it by hand, instead of with my Kitchenaid, so I’d actually be able to feel the changes in the dough and did the window pane test. Wish you would do a video of the ending of hand kneading in addition to the beginning though. Maybe I just missed it. I’m 5’2″ and kneaded it on the counter. Next time, will be on the table like you suggested for us short people. Set the timer for 10 minutes and what a workout. I was actually sweating by the time it was over. Kept asking my husband how much longer. The timer was on the microwave behind me. Good cardio before the carbs. Thanks, again. Going to look through your other recipes now.
Marye says
That’s fantastic!! 🙂
Brianna Widner says
Hi, I notice the slider feature on the servings ranges from 0-32. I know to make one loaf, I need to cut the recipe in half, but I’m not sure if the means setting the slider to 8 servings or 16, as the default on the recipe landing page is set at the 16 mark. Can you please clarify for me? Thank you!
Marye Audet says
The recipe makes 2 loaves so you’d set the slider at 8. hope this helps
Laila Soubra says
Iove your recipes and videos. Thank you so much!
judith judge says
can you use instant yeast
Marye Audet says
Yes. 🙂 Just add it with the dry ingredients.
Lizz says
Oh my word!! I am new to baking bread, and your instructions are so clear and helpful that this was my first succesful bread loaf. That would have been sufficient for me; baking a beautiful loaf that tasted ok.. but let me tell you!! This was the most DELICIOUS bread I have EVER had! We will never buy bread again, I’ve never had anything like this!! 10/10
Marye Audet says
I am so glad you liked it! It’s one of our favorites!
Tammy says
Thank you for this post! It’s so informative and I love the video on “how to knead”.
I plan on coming back often.
Thanks again 🙂
Marye Audet says
Welcome! I’ll look forward to “seeing” you!
Elbie says
Can you halve this recipe? I’ll be using my bread machine for kneading and not sure if it will handle the quantities. (I have yet to invest in a Bosch, it is on the list though 🙂 )
Marye Audet says
Yes! If you click on the servings you can half it and all the ingredient measurements will change, too.
Denise says
This bread was really good. It is a little on the sweet side but delicious. I only used 5 cups of bread flour so I am curious if other people used more. Will definitely make again.
Sally says
I used to bake homemade bread weekly from an old family recipe. My children grew up with it and loved to help kneed the dough. (can we say flour everywhere?) Precious!!
I tried this recipe today. It is absolutely fabulous!!
I’m making my homade Butter now, and I used organic coconut oil +2 tablespoons of butter with it, instead of oil.
My grandson just told me, “this is the best bread I’ve ever eaten in my life”! Now that’s a hit!!!
It’s texture is fairly dense and hardy, yet fluffy, velvety and complimentorally perfect for any dish!!!
This has become my new bread of choice!!!!
There should be additional stars to favor this exquisite recipe!!!!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Additionally, it makes fantastic dinner rolls as well!!
Deana says
Hi, I have a Bosch and am learning how to use it. Do you have any instructions of how to make this bread in the Bosch? Thanks so much! Love your recipes ❤️
Marye Audet says
Congrats Deana! I love mine! You’ll just follow the recipe and follow the Bosch instructions for the mixing and kneading. I think the kneading part takes maybe 5 minutes in mine?
Merry says
I don’t have access to coconut oil, would canola oil work?
Marye Audet says
Use melted butter. 🙂
Mary says
I have made this several times and it is good. I made so,e last week and it was quite crumbly. Any suggestions?
Marye Audet says
It sounds like it wasn’t kneaded enough… you might try checking through my troubleshooting guide. https://www.restlesschipotle.com/yeast-bread-baking-troubleshooting/
Shelley says
I am going to use a bread machine for this – do I keep the same amount of ingredients and set it at 1.5#? I see it is for 2 loaves – so I was assuming that it was for old fashioned baking.
Marye Audet says
Shelley- I’ve never used a bread machine so I’m not sure.