white bread

Who doesn't love bread? who wouldn't love their home smelling like a bakery? 

exactly! 

this is why you should make your own bread and wow your spouse, friends, or loved ones as they walk in through the door and smell this wonderful recipe being pulled fresh out of the oven.

Here is the ingredients:

• 1 3/4 Cups water
• 3 tbsp butter
• 1/3 c agave nectar or honey
• 1 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 1/4 tsp yeast 
• 4 1/2 flour

1. in a small pot, combine water, butter, honey and salt. Warm until its warm to touch but not hot. ( I usually heat it up until i start to see a little steam then i remove it from the heat and cool down a little)
2. in your mixing bowl to your stand mixer, add 2 cups of flour and yeast and combine slightly. 
3. add your warm liquid mixture in and beat until moistened.
4. continue to add flour half a cup at a time until the mixture pulls away from the sides of the bowl.then switch to your dough hook.
5. keep adding flour until sticky ball of dough has formed.
6. place your dough ball into a greased bowl and lightly spray the top of the bread to keep from forming a hard crust. cover with a lint free dish towel and let rise for 90 min. TIP: to keep your dough away from any drafts or cool temperatures, turn your oven light on and put it in the oven to rise, make sure it is OFF.
7. remove from bowl onto a lightly floured surface, press out air and forms into a loaf. 
8. Place into greased loaf pan, cover, and let rise for 30 min or until it has puffed out of the loaf pan a bit.
9. (make sure it is out of the oven now) preheat oven to 375 degrees and bake for 30 minutes.
10. cover with foil and bake additional 5 minutes.
11. you can spread melted butter over the top if you would like after it comes out of the oven. I dont like to do this personally because i like it to keep that slight crust on the exterior and it holds it shape a little better. sometimes loaves that have melted butter all over them can almost seem a bit soggy after it sits a while but its all a personal preference! thats the great thing about cooking and baking, its what YOU like and your opinion and you get to make it how you like....if everything in life was like that it would be a great world right?! 

I really hope you guys enjoy this wonderful bread recipe=]

thanks as always and keep following, sharing, and pinning;)

<3Kat