Homemade Light White Bread
- 1 cup skim milk
- 3 tablespoons light butter
- 1 (1 tablespoon) package fast rising yeast
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 egg whites, divided
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- Microwave 1/4 cup of milk in a small container for 30 seconds or allow to reach room temperature.
- Mix in sugar and yeast.
- Let stand until yeast starts to foam, about 5 minutes.
- Microwave 3/4 cup of milk together with butter for 1 minute or until butter is melted.
- Combine yeast mixture with butter/milk mixture in mixing bowl.
- If you have a blender, use a dough hook to blend in flour gradually with blender on the lowest setting.
- Before adding the last 1/2 cup of flour switch to medium setting, and add in the salt and one of the egg whites.
- Use a spatula to scrape excess flour from the edges.
- Continue mixing until the dough pulls away from the edges and starts to ride up the dough hooks.
- Remove dough from bowl and knead on a separate work surface, folding it in on itself several times, until remaining bits of flour are integrated.
- DON'T ADD FLOUR TO THE WORK SURFACE, since this will change the density of the dough.
- Shape the dough into a ball.
- Spray the inside of the mixing bowl with cooking spray, return the dough to the bowl, and roll it around to coat with cooking spray.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and place on warm surface (like the stove without anything on the burners).
- Allow to rise until dough doubles in size, at least 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Remove dough from bowl, and gently place on work surface.
- Don't punch down the dough or knead it at this point, as this will result in overly dense bread.
- Coat the inside of a bread pan with cooking spray and place dough in the pan.
- Spread the dough out evenly, ensuring that dough touches all sides of the pan.
- Cover pan with plastic wrap, place on warm surface, and allow to rise for at least 20 minutes, or until bread has nearly risen to the top of the pan.
- Brush the top of the dough with the remaining egg white.
- Sprinkle sesame seeds evenly over the top of the dough.
- Bake bread for 30 to 40 minutes on the lowest rack in the oven, or until the surface is a golden brown color.
- Remove bread immediately from the pan and place on a rack to stop the heat of the pan from continuing to cook the bread.
milk, light butter, yeast, sugar, flour, salt, egg whites, sesame seeds
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/homemade-light-white-bread-525692 (may not work)