American Soft Bread

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 260 ml milk, room temperature
• 30 g butter, soft, cut into flakes
• 300 g wheat flour (type 550)
• 150 g wheat flour (type 405)
• ½ tbsp, levelled sugar
• ½ tsp, leveled salt
• 2 tsp, saturated dry yeast (1 packet)
• 1 tbsp wheat gluten (only when baking in the BBA)
• Grease for the mold (not required for BBA)

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Rest time approx. 2 hours; Total time approx. 2 hours 20 minutes

Toast bread, super soft & fluffy, easy – also for the BBA

Add all ingredients one after the other to the BBA and start the dough program. If you don’t have a BBA, you can also knead the dough conventionally by hand for about 10 minutes or with a food processor for about 3 minutes, until it is nice and smooth and supple. Cover and let rise in a lightly oiled bowl for at least 1 hour, until it has doubled in size. Then flatten the risen dough slightly on the work surface into a rectangle. Roll it up tightly from the long side and seal the seam well. This works best with the pinch technique – pinch the dough together between your thumb and middle finger. Then fold in both ends at the bottom and seal the seams as well. Roll the resulting dough cylinder a little bit lengthwise so that it fits snugly into the greased loaf pan. The seam should be as close to the center as possible at the bottom! Cover loosely with plastic wrap (I use a garbage bag) and let rise again for 1 hour. Bake in a preheated oven at 175°C (top/bottom heat) for about 35 minutes. If the bread browns too quickly (depending on your oven), you can cover it with aluminum foil after about 15-20 minutes. The bread will also be relatively soft on the outside, so it won’t develop a real crust! It tastes wonderful untoasted, toasted, with sweet or savory toppings, even on the second or third day! I’ve also baked the bread completely in the BBA (baking oven), and it turned out delicious. However, you’ll need to add wheat gluten or bread improver. Even so, it won’t look as good as it would from the oven.