White bread: variation 2 from The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread (page 268) by Peter Reinhart

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    Requires 4-4.5 hours to prepare. Can substitute milk for buttermilk.

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    Requires 4-4.5 hours to prepare. Can substitute milk for buttermilk.

  • senzler on May 30, 2022

    Have made hamburger buns and sandwich bread with this recipe. Both were great esp. hamburger buns. I might like the Bouchon Bakery Pullman loaf a bit more for sandwich bread.

  • anya_sf on May 23, 2019

    I made hamburger buns. I had no trouble with the dough (using buttermilk and shortening), although I did have to add extra flour. The dough took a really long time to rise, but my kitchen may have been too cold. As directed, I shaped the dough into rounds, let them rest, then "pressed down gently". However, the buns were too tall and not wide enough. Next time I'd make them larger (4 oz instead of 3 oz) and flatten them more. They tasted great.

  • smtucker on April 01, 2012

    Our house hamburger rolls. Really delicious. Only use 1 tbl of sugar if you don't want a sweet bread. Pantry Ingredients: Bread Flour Egg Butter or oil salt sugar

  • mirage on January 16, 2010

    Too sweet.

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