Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe (2024)

This Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe is going to become a family favorite! This soft and easy bread requires no kneading by hand or turning on your oven, winner! With a prep time of 10 minutes, you can be enjoying this homemade bread loaf from the comfort of your home, thanks to the bread machine for all the work it will be doing.

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How to make the Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe?

For this recipe, don’t follow the typical instructions for a bread machine maker. Use the steps in this recipe or else your bread will not rise.

  • Add warm water to the bread pan. Sprinkle yeast over water and sugar over yeast. The sugar helps activate the yeast quicker.
  • Add the oil and salt to pan. TIP: You can use Olive oil, Canola oil or Vegetable oil in this recipe.
  • Add siftedflour to pan. TIP: Sifted flour makes a difference. Don’t skip this step.
  • Place the pan into the bread machine, turn on desired crispiness of crust and let the bread machine to do the rest of the work.

NOTE: Remove bread from pan once baked. If the bread is left in the pan, the sides will not be crispy.

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White bread recipe-

I am sure most of you reading this recipe love a good homemade bread recipe. This recipe, with the help of a bread machine,has like a 10-minute prep time. We make this bread more often than any other. It tastes phenomenal.

TIP: Use good quality flour for this recipe. I usually use Canadian flour or Sapphire when baking bread. You can use a combination of bread flour and all-purpose flour as well.

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Thanks to my older sis, Olga, for sharing this recipe with me. She is also the genius behind this blueberry no-bake dessert.

Try these other breadrecipes:

  • Easy Braided White Bread– Simple white bread recipe.
  • Butter and Herbs Bread Braid– Delicious herb and butter bread.
  • Mamma’s Homemade Bread– Homemade bread to live by.
  • Banana Pecan Bread – A simple sweet bread with pecans.

Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe

Author: Valentina

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4.79 from 61 votes

The Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe. With a 10-minute prep time, you can enjoy fresh bread. No kneading by hand, no stove needed.

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 3 hours hours

Total Time: 3 hours hours 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 12 slices

Ingredients

  • 4 cups all-purpose flour, measured then sifted
  • 1 ½ cups warm water
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp oil

US CustomaryMetric

Instructions

  • Sift flour.

  • Add warm water to the pan of the bread machine.

  • Sprinkle yeast over water and sprinkle sugar over the yeast. Let the yeast activate and foam for about 5 minutes.

  • Add the salt, oil, and flour to the pan.

  • Select the Basic (White Bread) setting and press start.

    Take the loaf out of the pan once the bread is baked.

    Allow bread to cool on a cooling rack.

Nutrition

163kcal Calories32g Carbs4g Protein1g Fat390mg Sodium52mg Potassium1g Fiber7mg Calcium1.9mg Iron

  • Full Nutrition Label

Nutrition Facts

Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 163Calories from Fat 9

% Daily Value*

Fat 1g2%

Sodium 390mg17%

Potassium 52mg1%

Carbohydrates 32g11%

Fiber 1g4%

Protein 4g8%

Calcium 7mg1%

Iron 1.9mg11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

(The nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.)

Course: Bread

Cuisine: American

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  • Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe (7)

    • Allie

    My crust turned out really hard set on medium crust. Any idea what I did wrong?

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  • Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe (9)

    • Leah Henderson

    I either mis-measured water or flour. Dough was much too wet. But I threw in 2/3 cup of flour quickly and it came out wonderful! Will
    Measure more carefully in future

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    • Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe (10)

      • Valentina’s Corner

      Looks like you mis-measured the flour, it should not be too wet.

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  • Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe (11)

    • Brigitte

    Love this recipe! I’ve made this bread four times now and it comes out perfectly every time. I use instant yeast which I had purchased in bulk in 2020 and keep in the freezer. It works just fine, but the texture of my bread looks fluffier than your picture. Other than that, I follow your recipe.

    I make several types of no-knead breads, but they all need to be made in the oven. Not practical when it’s 100 degrees outside. I found a great recipe to make rye bread in the bread maker but needed a better recipe for white bread. Therefore, I started looking online and am so glad I found this one. It’s delicious! Thank you so much!

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    • Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe (12)

      • Valentina’s Corner

      I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe, Brigitte. Thanks so much for visiting our online kitchen.

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    • Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe (13)

      • Ad

      Brigette, would you mind sharing your rye bread recipe, please.

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      • Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe (14)

        • Brigitte

        Ad, I hope it’s OK to post this recipe for rye bread.
        I found it on a German website and made a few alterations:

        Kommissbrot (German Rye Bread)

        Place in bowl:
        300 ml warm water (I have added up to 50 ml more water)
        3 tbsp molasses (or 3 tbsp brown sugar)
        2 ½ tsp dry yeast (1 package)
        Mix and let rest 5 minutes. Then add:
        2 tbsp cider vinegar
        1 ½ tsp salt
        350 gr. Rye flour
        150 gr. Bread or all purpose flour

        Make on basic setting, 2 lbs, dark crust. Remove immediately and cool on wire rack.
        May need to add more water, so need to watch when it’s first mixing. Can add 1/2 tsp ground caraway seeds, if you like the taste. You can also change the ratio of rye flour to all-purpose flour. I’ve also substituted spelt flour for the rye flour. Hope this works for you.

    • Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe (15)

      • Tracie

      This was the first recipe I tried in my bread machine (just today) Turned out awesome!

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      • Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe (16)

        • Valentina’s Corner

        Tracie, we love making the bread in the bread maker. It’s so easy to make and so delicious. I’m so glad you enjoyed your bread loaf.

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    • Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe (17)

      • Ginger

      I made a loaf using a different recipe last night. It was a failure (which I made into croutons). I found your recipe today and it was a success! My previous attempt failed because I didn’t proof the yeast. Thank you for teaching something new to this novice bread baker.

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        • Valentina’s Corner

        Ginger, that is so wonderful! I’m so glad you enjoyed the bread recipe. You should try THIS bread recipe next. It is one of our favorite bread recipes.

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    • Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe (19)

      • Linda

      This will be my go to recipe – delicious! Thank-you for this!

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      • Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe (20)

        • Valentina’s Corner

        Thank you for trying our recipe, Linda. I’m so glad you enjoyed the bread machine’s white bread recipe.

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    • Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe (21)

      • Donna

      So this doesn’t use Instant Yeast in a breadmachine??

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      • Best Bread Machine Bread Recipe (22)

        • Valentina’s Corner

        This recipe doesn’t use instant yeast, Donna.

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