White Bread with Honey

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White Bread with Honey

Bread recipe makes 2 loaves from Bee Culture 2022
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Prep Time 4 hours
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Bread

Equipment

  • 1 stand mixer with dough hook attachment
  • 1 set measuring cups
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 set measuring spoons
  • 2 9 x 5 bread pans
  • 1 dish towel
  • 1 plastic wrap
  • 1 spatula

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cup warm water (105-110 degrees F)
  • 1 tbsp active dry yeast do not use quick rising
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp oil canola or vegetabe
  • 4-5 1/2 cup flour can use bread flour

Instructions
 

Proof the Yeast

  • In a stand mixer at room temperature, add the yeast, water and a pinch of honey (¼ teaspoon)
  • Allow to rest for 5-10 minutes until foaming and bubbly. (This is called “proofing.” If it doesn’t foam, the yeast is no good, and you need to start over with fresh yeast)

Bread

  • Add remaining honey, salt, oil and 3 cups of flour
  • With stand mixer, dough hook, mix to combine, stopping to scrape sides of bowl
  • Add another cup of flour
  • Mix to combine
  • With the mixer running, continue to add more flour, ½ cup at a time, until the dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl
  • The dough should be smooth and elastic, and slightly stick to a clean finger, but not be overly sticky. You can add more flour as needed until dough is ready
  • Run the mixer with dough hook for 4-5 minutes on medium speed
  • First Rise
  • Grease the large mixing bowl with cooking spray or shortening
  • Put dough into greased bowl and turn once to ensure dough has slight covering of oil/spray
  • Spray plastic wrap and cover down sides of bowl and over dough making it loose so it can move with dough as it rises
  • Cover plastic wrap covered dough with kitchen towel
  • Place covered mixing bowl in a warm, draft free place (I use the top of my refrigerator) until doubled in size, approximately 1 1/2 hours

Prep Baking Pan

  • Spray or use light covering of shortening and grease sides, corners and bottom of two 9x8 inch baking pans
  • Dust with small amount of flour or use line bottom with parchment paper

Second Rise

  • After dough has double, uncover and punch down, knead down to remove large air bubbles
  • Divide dough into two equal portions
  • Shape portions into long log and put into greased/floured/parchment lined baking pans
  • Spray plastic wrap and loosely cover each baking pan of dough
  • For second rise, allow dough to rise until 1" above baking pan rim, approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour.
  • Gently remove plastic wrap and put both loaves center of preheated oven 350 degrees, pans should not touch each other.
  • Bake for 30-35 minutes until top is golden brown. When you tap bread it should sound hollow
  • Take baked bread out of baking pan and brush with melted butter or melted honey/butter
  • Allow to cool for 10-15 minutes before slicing. You can freeze this bread after it cools.
Keyword White Bread