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Old Fashioned White Bread Mix

Course Bread
Cuisine American
Keyword bread machine mix, homemade bread mix, pantry bread mix, white bread mix
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 16 servings
A pantry dry mix of bread flour, sugar and salt, made for a bread machine in 2 lb or 1.5 lb loaf amounts. Keep it up to a year until baking day.

Ingredients

2 lb loaf dry mix

  • 4 cups bread flour
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1.5 lb loaf dry mix

  • 3 1/3 cups bread flour
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons salt

Directions

  • Stir the flour, sugar, and salt together well in a sealed bag or jar.
  • Keep in the pantry until baking day.

Notes

2 lb loaf: 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons milk (80°F), 2 tablespoons butter, 2 teaspoons bread machine yeast. 1.5 lb loaf: 1 1/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons milk (80°F), 2 tablespoons butter, 1 1/2 teaspoons bread machine yeast.
Pour the milk into the bread machine pan; add dry mix on top without stirring; butter in the corners; small well in the center for the yeast. Basic cycle for the loaf size, preferred crust. Remove and cool before slicing.
Storage: dry mix up to a year in the pantry. Loaf up to 5 days at room temperature, or sliced and frozen up to 3 months.

Nutrition

Serving: 63g | Calories: 159kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 5.1g | Fat: 2.9g | Saturated Fat: 1.5g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 6.3mg | Sodium: 244mg | Potassium: 72mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2.9g | Vitamin A: 85IU | Vitamin C: 0mg | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 1.5mg

Nutrition is an estimate per serving from USDA FoodData Central, as cooked, 16 servings from the whole mix with 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons milk (80°F), 2 tablespoons butter, 2 teaspoons bread machine yeast; plus 2 tablespoons milk counted as whole milk, bread machine yeast counted as active dry yeast (packet 7 g). Brands and portions vary, so use it only as an approximation.