The Best Soft Sandwich Bread
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 tsp. instant yeast or 1 packet
- 2 cups warm water
- 3 1/2 cups bread flour (protein of at least 12%)
- 1 tbsp. salt
Preparation
In a large bowl add your instant yeast and warm water. Add bread flour and salt to your yeast mixture & mix with a wooden spoon until no dry clumps remain.
Fold the dough over itself 8 times and cover with a towel to rest for 1 hour. After 1 hour, fold dough over itself another 8 times and cover for 30 more minutes. While your dough has its second rise, preheat you oven to 450F and lightly oil your 8/9 inch loaf pan or pullman pan. Once the oven is preheated pop your loaf pan in the oven for 3 minutes to get really hot before adding your dough. While your pan is getting hot gently remove your dough from the bowl onto a lightly floured surface.
Fold all sides in starting with the the 2 sides, top 2 corners, bottom 2 corners, then folding the top in, next the bottom & tightly roll the dough up into a log. Create some tension using a bench scraper or your hand, really forming the loaf into a tighter log
Remove hot pan from oven and add dough into pan, seam side down. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes, then remove foil and bake for another 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely!