Made a loaf of my favorite white sandwich today. I made it for a long commercial loaf pan. If using a standard size loaf pan, cut the recipe in half, but follow the same directions.
Ingredients - 600g bread flour, 480g warm water, 2 tsp sugar, 2 tsp active
or instant bread yeast, 1/4 cup olive oil, 2 tsp salt.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52359929887_5b4e73d01d_o.jpg)
Put water, sugar, and yeast in bowl of mixer and whisk together. Let sit for 15 minutes.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52361114093_dc6c717245_o.jpg)
Whisk salt into flour.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52361300635_f56255a087_o.jpg)
After 15 minutes, water/yeast in mixer bowl should look something like this.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52360878041_b87f08fc0a_o.jpg)
Pour olive oil into mixer bowl.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52359929817_a30ee5e546_o.jpg)
Using bread hook, turn mixer on low and add flour a little at a time until it is all in the bowl.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52359929792_c673535558_o.jpg)
When all flour is added, turn mixer to medium, and mix for 5 minutes.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52359929757_d42c9191b6_o.jpg)
This is a very sticky dough. To work it, the surface, and your hands must be very wet. Keep a bowl of warm water handy to rewet surface and hands if dough starts sticking. Turn dough out onto wet surface and scrape bowl clean.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52361113883_ca4a3bd63d_o.jpg)
Now perform a slap and fold on the dough. Essentially, pick the dough up by one side and slap it down on the work surface, then fold it in half. Do this 8 or 10 times. Dough should tighten up, something like this.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52361300520_39a16cdcdb_o.jpg)
Heavily oil a lidded bowl (or use a large bowl and cover with plastic wrap.) Place dough in bowl, cover and set in a warm place for about an hour, or until doubled in size.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52360877926_d9f9e320d3_o.jpg)
After raising, the dough will look something like this.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52361193129_a0a1110637_o.jpg)
Turn dough out of bowl, punch down, and roll into a loaf shape. I line my pan with parchment paper. Place loaf in pan, cover with plastic wrap and set aside to raise until loaf reaches top of pan.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52361193109_76f150d454_o.jpg)
While loaf is raising, heat oven to 450 degrees
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52359929662_8628435d91_o.jpg)
When bread reaches the top of the pan, and oven is at 450 degrees, place loaf pan in oven
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52361193069_c43c52870a_o.jpg)
Bake for around 30 minutes or until golden brown. Turn out onto a rack to cool.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52361300400_171f6c6bde_o.jpg)