Perfectly Easy Amish White Bread

I really wanted to try my hand at making homemade bread. I don't have a bread machine, yet that is. So I will be baking bread the good old fashioned way. I came across this recipe for Amish White Bread (perfect I thought). I am not sure if this is a true Amish white bread recipe, but it sounded really easy to make. When i was searching for a white bread recipe, I wanted it to be a Amish or a Mennonite recipe.

I love Amish and Mennonite cooking there is just something about it that is so intriguing to me. I think it is just that everything is made from scratch the way it used to be. I love cooking from scratch. I did not want a recipe that was to difficult since this was my first attempt at making homemade bread.

I was a little intimidated at first but the process went a lot smoother than I thought it would. Yeast rolls and breads are my all time favorite. Nothing is better than hot homemade bread or rolls right out of the oven. I found this recipe to be very versatile and easy to convert. What I mean by that is I made one loaf of plain white bread and one cinnamon swirl bread, both tasting awesome. This dough is perfect to make cinnamon rolls or even cinnamon raisin bread.

I read the reviews carefully before I began and took the advice of a few readers on decreasing the sugar to 1/3 cup instead of 2/3 cup. I thought that it made such a difference for making the plain white bread. I will be using this recipe the next time I make cinnamon rolls, but for that recipe i would recommend using the full required 2/3 cup sugar. My family loved this bread! we finished off the cinnamon swirl loaf the first day. So I will definitely be making this recipe again and again.

These are the ingredients you will need:
Bread Flour, Yeast, Salt, Sugar, Oil and Water


In a large bowl, dissolve the sugar in warm water, and then stir in yeast. Allow to proof until yeast resembles a creamy foam.

Mix salt and oil into the yeast.

Mix in flour one cup at a time.

Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth.

the dough will look like this.

Place in a well oiled bowl, and turn dough to coat.

Cover with a damp cloth. Allow to rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. I place a bowl of hot water on the lowest rack of my oven under my bread bowl.

Punch dough down. My daughter could not wait to do this part LOL.

Knead for a few minutes, and divide in half.

sorry for the blurry pic my dd was taking the pictures for me.

I wanted to make one white bread loaf and one cinnamon swirl loaf. Whether you want plain white bread or cinnamon swirl bread I do the same practice of rolling the dough up for both recipes. (Roll the dough into a rectangle about 1/4 - 1/2 inch thick. Then roll the dough up from the shortest end to the other.

*If making cinnamon swirl bread just spread some softened butter on top of the dough and sprinkle with a mixture of brown sugar and cinnamon. Roll up and continue with rising and baking.

just like this pinch off your ends and

place into two well oiled 9x5 inch loaf pans

Allow to rise for 30 minutes, or until dough has risen 1 inch above pans.

just like this. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes.

let cool in the baking pans for just a bit

then remove to a baking rack and cool bread completely. Brush the top of the bread loaves with melted butter. Let completely cool before attempting to slice.

Amish White Bread

2 - cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
1/3 - 2/3 - cup white sugar
1 1/2 - tablespoons active dry yeast
1 1/2 - teaspoons salt
1/4 - cup vegetable oil
6 - cups bread flour

In a large bowl, dissolve the sugar in warm water, and then stir in yeast. Allow to proof until yeast resembles a creamy foam. Mix salt and oil into the yeast. Mix in flour one cup at a time. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth.

Place in a well oiled bowl, and turn dough to coat. Cover with a damp cloth. Allow to rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. Punch dough down. Knead for a few minutes, and divide in half. Shape into loaves, and place into two well oiled 9x5 inch loaf pans.

Allow to rise for 30 minutes, or until dough has risen 1 inch above pans. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes.

Cinnamon Swirl Bread: Roll out bread and spread on some softened butter. Sprinkle on a mixture of brown sugar and cinnmon sugar. Roll up and continue with rising and baking. There is not rule on how much of the sugar mixture to add it's all up to you on how much you want.

Recipe Yields: 2 Loaves

Recipe adapted from: All recipes.com


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~ Tina ~