If you own a bread machine, I’m sure you know that most bread machine bread recipes produce tough, dry and crumbly bread. If you’ve tried the bread recipes that came in the bread machine instruction booklet, you have probably gotten extremely discouraged and put away your bread machine in the far corner of your bottom cabinet.
Well, come on and take out your bread machine! Yes, you can make a nice soft white sandwich bread at home with your bread machine if you follow my recipe! It won’t produce the same texture as the preservative-filled “Wonderbread” in the plastic packages, but it WILL make a delicious soft bakery-style white bread. This white sandwich bread is very easy to slice, doesn’t crumble and makes outstanding sandwiches!
Soft White Sandwich Bread Recipe For Bread Machine
Preparation time: 5 minute(s)
Ingredients For The Soft White Sandwich Bread Recipe For Bread Machine:
1 cup water
3 tbsp vegetable oil
3 cups flour
4 tbsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 1/2 tsp dry yeast
Directions How To Make Soft White Sandwich Bread In A Bread Machine:
Warm the water in the microwave until it’s barely warm (NOT hot). Pour the water in the bread machine.
Pour the oil in the bread machine. Put the flour in the bread machine.
In one corner of the bread machine (on top of the flour) put the sugar. In another corner, put the salt. In another corner, but the yeast.
Set the bread machine menu to “Sandwich” option. If you don’t have the “Sandwich” option, then use “White”. Press the Start button, then come back in 3 hours to a hot loaf of homemade white soft sandwich bread :) As a bonus, you’ll get to enjoy the delicious smell of homemade bread all over your house!
To slice the bread, use a large serrated knife (the one with the jagged edges).
Here’s the picture of the slices of this bread – see how perfect they are, they don’t crumble:
Here’s the slice of this homemade white sandwich bread in my hand:
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Love this great recipe! Thanks for sharing.
What fantastic looking bread! I don’t know if I’m ready for a bread machine, but this looks tasty. Thanks for commenting on my blog. I’ve added yours to my Google Reader and look forward to reading your future posts.
I tend to minimize the number of gadgets in the house. I cook in a very tight kitchen. The bread does look great!
For the compote question, since I’m French canadian, compote is considered as a dessert which is flavored with vanilla, cinnamon, orange or lemon peel… The difference is very small to applesauce which is not flavored. Hope it helps :)
Nice recipe! :)
I love homemade/breadmachine made bread and my kids prefer it much more than supermarket bread, which I try to only buy in an absolute emergency.
I have a recipe/guide on my site for the rapid bake loaf for Panasonic Bread Machines which gives nice results.
Nice site btw – like the theme, looks kinda familiar :)
Your bread looks perfect!
Do you use regular flour or bread flour?
I used both regular and “better for bread” flour and didn’t notice much difference in the bread.
Hi Melanie,
I was one depressed soul after my bread making attempts failed and was planning to give the machine the bottom cabinet status. Then I landed on your blog and many thanks to you…I made an almost perfect bread. I would like be post it on my blog soon with your permission to use the same ingredients. Thank you so much for saving my bread maker from a tragic end and for the lovely bread we enjoyed.
Sridevi Ravi
Sridevi,
I’m happy that you liked my bread recipe! You can post it on your blog, as long as you mention the source of the recipe and the link to my website.
Melanie
Thank you very much. I appreciate it! I will surely add the link to your website. Let there be more homemade breads!:)
I just tried your white bread sandwich recipe and it turned out great! Thanks!
Thanks, Stephanie! I’m happy that you liked the recipe!
Melanie
This recipe is amazing! It delivers. I did add a little more salt about 2 1/2 instead of 1 1/2 and I used olive oil because I was out of veggie oil. Thanks for posting this because this is about the best slice of bread I have ever made. :)
How long did you bake it in your bread maker for, and what loaf size (i.e. 1.5lb, 2 lb, 3 lb)? I followed the recipe and baked it as a 1.5lb but it came out fairly doughy (no complaints) but fell apart in the middle. I love the taste and the texture though so I wonder if you have any suggestions? Thanks!
Hi Maddie,
I bake it on 1.5 lb setting, but don’t remember how long it bakes for. If your bread maker has a “Sandwich” option, use that. If not, maybe try the 2 lb setting with the “Light” crust setting – see if that makes a difference. If you do try it this way, please post your results :)
Melanie
Your suggestions worked wonders! The bread is just as amazing!
So, to sum up for people who don’t have the “sandwich” option on your machine:
2.0 lb size on white setting, light crust!
:) Thanks!
Thanks, Maddie, for coming back and posting! I’m glad it worked!
Delicious bread, just what we have been looking for. If I wanted to do a mix of bread flour and bread whole wheat flour do I just substitute 1 cup or will I need to adjust other ingredients? Also my bread was a little to airy, my kids said their sandwiches didn’t stay together well, any suggestions for that? Thank you for sharing!
Hi Morgana,
Just use 1 cup of whole wheat flour and 2 cups of white.
Try doing what Maddie did – bake on 2 lb settings with “Light Crust” option.
Melanie
Thank you so much Melanie!
This recipe is so holy cow good! I just made the dough in the machine then took it out and cut the dough into small pieces. I rolled them into balls and put them on a greased cookie sheet and baked them for 30 minutes. It made THE BEST sandwich buns!! Making a loaf today since the husband said he’d like to have it loaf-like too. Thank you so much for this delicious recipe!
Thanks Iris! What a great idea to use this recipe for the buns!
This is the best bread I Have ever made in my bread machine I was looking for a bread that my very picky 8 yr. old would eat and I think I have found it thanks so much. So glad I have found your site. I am going to try your oatmeal bread next.
Thanks Anissa! I’m glad that you and your child liked the bread!
Hi Melanie!
I’m at it again. LOL Made your soft sandwich bread dough in my machine. Took it out when the “dough” cycle was done. Cut the dough into about 4 inch pieces, rolled them into long rectangles. Made a spread of butter and brown sugar. Spread that on the rolled out dough. Some of these I put chopped nuts on, some just cinnamon, and some I used the brown sugar spread with some home made peach preserves cinnamon and a few nuts. I rolled up the dough lengthwise and curlled it into a roll (like a cinnamon roll). In muffin tins I buttered the sides then put in a small amount of the butter brown sugar mixture and then placed the curled roll in the tin. Baked at 35 for about 15 minutes. Made a simple powdered sugar glaze and glazed them when cooled. These are without a doubt the best sweet rolls I ever ate. Thankyou again for posting this recipe. Oh, by the way, we made your pizza dough too and made 2 calzones with it…. YUM! You are awesome!
Hi Iris,
Thank you for taking the time to share! The sweet rolls sound so yummy!
Melanie
I love how easy it is to use my bread machine, but the bread it produces just isn’t great for sandwiches so even after investing a lot of $$ in a bread machine, I’ve been forced to buy bread from the supermarket. I was SO thrilled when I found your recipe. My bread machine does not have a Sandwich setting, so I used the 2# loaf with light crust setting that was suggested and it came out so soft and delicious. No more preservative/junk filled supermarket bread for us! Yay!
Thanks, Janelle! Homemade bread is so much better than the supermarket, especially when it’s still warm!
Thank you so very much for your soft bread recipe. I have been on the search for this for the longest time! I substituted the vegetable oil to olive oil and measured the ingredients for a 1 pound loaf. It came out amazing and we just finished a great picnic (with my traditional home-made coconut jam) at home on a Saturday Rainy afternoon. Thanks again Melanie!
Thanks, Audrey! I’m glad you liked this soft bread recipe, and the home-made coconut ham sounds really delicious!
Thanks for sharing! I will try to make this sometime this week! Only thing is, I wish my bread machine produced loaves that are even in color. Tops of my loaf are always like 2 shades lighter :-( May I ask what kind of bread machine you have?
Hi Farzana,
My bread machine brand is Sunbeam.
Melanie
Thank you for this great- finally first time successful bread machine bread recipe! I tried your 1cup whole wheat, 2 cups white flour and that worked really well. How can I add nuts or seeds or oats or something interesting? Thanks!
Hi Courtney,
You can add nuts or seeds, but not the oats. The oats will soak up the liquid and will mess up the recipe.
Bread machines usually make the beeping sound after it mixes the dough the first time, and that beeping sound means you can now add nuts or seeds. To add nuts or seeds to the bread, just throw a handful of them in the bread machine.
Consult your bread machine manual to see if it has the beeping sound for nuts. If the bread machine doesn’t have this feature, just add nuts and seeds right away, along with all the other bread ingredients.
Melanie
We are having money problems so I have to use what I have on hand. One of those things is my bread machine. I just pushed start. I am excited for the results. BTW, I am totally going to use your recipes (pizza dough, pita bread, etc.) Thanks for a great site.
Tricia D.
You are welcome, Tricia! Yes, cooking with what you have on hand is a great way to save money! I could probably last for the whole month cooking with the stuff I already have in my pantry and freezer :)
Melanie
This is the best white bread recipe I have found. With the problems that are happening over here in Cyprus now the bread machine came down from the shelve. Unfortunately it only does the making of the dough but fuses all the electrics when it bakes. So this recipe is being used to make white rolls. They are fantastic, look like they come from the bakers but taste 100 times better. I use our own olive oil from our olive trees and Lidl’s type 550 wheat flour and I cannot believe how lovely are. Very grateful for this recipe. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for your comment, Loise! I’m happy that you like the recipe! Enjoy those homemade rolls!
This was such a good recipe. I had no vegetable oil, so I used canola and it turned out so soft and good. The best loaf for sandwiches I have made. Anyone know of a good soft wheat bread recipe?
Hi Amy,
For the whole wheat bread, you can use the same recipe, except use 1 cup of whole wheat flour and 2 cups of white flour.
Melanie
Hi Melanie,
I came across your site while looking for a tabouleh recipe on pinterest, and WOW I struck gold! So far I have made the tabouleh and tomorrow will be making hummus, pita bread and next week the bread machine bread. Wish I’d found you a long time ago. Thanks for all the wonderful recipes.
Thanks, Helen! I’m really happy that you like my site!
Melanie