Recipe information
Yield
makes two 1-pound loaves, 18 dinner rolls, or 12 burger or hot dog buns
Ingredients
4
1/4 cups (19 ounces) unbleached bread flour
1
1/2 teaspoons (.38 ounce) salt
3
tablespoons (1.5 ounces) sugar
2
teaspoons (.22 ounce) instant yeast
1
large (1.65 ounces) egg, slightly beaten, at room temperature
1
/4 cup (2 ounces) butter, margarine, or shortening, at room temperature, or vegetable oil
1
1/2 cups (12 ounces) buttermilk or whole milk, at room temperature
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Preparation
Step 1
Proceed as directed for Variation 1, substituting the buttermilk for the water. Add more buttermilk or flour, as needed, while mixing.
BAKER’S PERCENTAGE FORMULA
Step 2
White Bread, Variation 2 %
Step 3
Bread flour: 100%
Step 4
Salt: 2%
Step 5
Sugar: 7.9%
Step 6
Instant yeast: 1.2%
Step 7
Egg: 8.7%
Step 8
Butter: 10.5%
Step 9
Buttermilk: 63.2%
Step 10
Total: 193.5%