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Variation 2

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes two 1-pound loaves, 18 dinner rolls, or 12 burger or hot dog buns

Ingredients

4 1/4 cups (19 ounces) unbleached bread flour
1 1/2 teaspoons (.38 ounce) salt
3 tablespoons (1.5 ounces) sugar
2 teaspoons (.22 ounce) instant yeast
1 large (1.65 ounces) egg, slightly beaten, at room temperature
1/4 cup (2 ounces) butter, margarine, or shortening, at room temperature, or vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups (12 ounces) buttermilk or whole milk, at room temperature

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Proceed as directed for Variation 1, substituting the buttermilk for the water. Add more buttermilk or flour, as needed, while mixing.

  2. BAKER’S PERCENTAGE FORMULA

    Step 2

    White Bread, Variation 2 %

    Step 3

    Bread flour: 100%

    Step 4

    Salt: 2%

    Step 5

    Sugar: 7.9%

    Step 6

    Instant yeast: 1.2%

    Step 7

    Egg: 8.7%

    Step 8

    Butter: 10.5%

    Step 9

    Buttermilk: 63.2%

  3. Step 10

    Total: 193.5%

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