There’s nothing like having fresh homemade bread to go with your meal. Make the process quicker with this one hour bread recipe ready for dinner tonight.
Fresh, homemade bread is a perfect side for so many meals. It’s a great recipe to make as a side with soups, pasta sauce, or a salad. You can eat it as-is, add some butter, sprinkle it with seasonings, or toast it for a bit of a crunch. You can add garlic powder to make garlic bread or Italian seasoning to go with pasta.
When we received a bread machine for a wedding gift, we were so happy! It makes it so easy to make fresh bread whenever we want it without spending crazy time making it. My favorite thing about using the machine is no worrying about the consistency of the dough, rise times in a warm place, or working hard since this is a no knead bread recipe (the machine does it for you).
The normal bread cycle takes about 3 hours, but the “express bake” option has it done in under 1 hour and still gives bread the golden crust we love. The best part is that the preparation only takes about 4-5 minutes then the machine does the rest of the work. It also doesn’t leave a bunch of dishes like a regular bread would. No baking sheet, wooden spoon, floured surface, or stand mixer to clean out.
A Note About Ingredients
Quick-Rise Yeast
When you get your ingredients, make sure to get the quick-rise or rapid rise yeast. I didn’t realize the difference the first time and got instant yeast that wasn’t quick-rise and my bread was flat. It didn’t cook properly with regular yeast. The taste was there, but the shape just wasn’t right. The quick-rise yeast makes the bread rise fast enough for this recipe.
Why Bread Flour?
Instead of all-purpose flour, which has a lower protein count, bread flour is a more dense type of flour. It will give your bread the best results because the higher protein produces more gluten thus creating more elasticity in the bread dough. Using bread flour will also make your bread more chewy than using all-purpose flour.
Really? Sugar?
A small amount of sugar feeds the yeast and helps the bread rise faster — perfect for this 1-hour recipe!
Oil or Butter
Adds richness and helps keep the bread soft longer. Vegetable oil, canola, or melted butter all work well.
What Should I Make with this Bread?
There are a lot of options you can choose when you make your own bread. We found this easy recipe is a great bread to slice into thin pieces.
- Sandwich bread
- French toast
- Breakfast toast drizzled with maple syrup
- Bread bakes
- Dip in a bowl of soup or pasta
If you enjoy baking with yeast or bread machines, try making authentic Texas kolache recipe pastries next!
One Hour Bread FAQ
Yes! Just add the wet ingredients first, then the dry, and set your machine to the “quick” or “white bread” cycle. The recipe should work well with most models.
Double-check the temperature of your water — it should be around 105-110°F. Also, make sure your yeast hasn’t expired.
You can substitute up to half the flour with whole wheat. Using all whole wheat may make the bread denser, so consider adding a tablespoon of vital wheat gluten if you do.
Wrap tightly in plastic wrap or store in an airtight container. It stays fresh at room temperature for up to 3 days, or freeze for longer storage.
Homemade Bread in One Hour Step by Step
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups warm water
- 3 tbsp oil
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 cups bread flour
- 2 tsp quick-rise active dry yeast
Preparation
Make sure the dough hook is in place if yours is removable. Add all of the liquid ingredients to the bread pan.
Add dry ingredients except for the yeast.
Form well in dry ingredients and add yeast, don’t let the yeast touch the liquid ingredients.
Select Expressbake, crust color (I find “light” gives it a perfect golden brown color), and press start.
When the bread is done, remove it from the pan and transfer it to a cooling rack. Cut with a sharp knife or a bread knife and serve.
Homemade Bread in One Hour Leftovers
Storage: Leftover bread will stay good in a sealed airtight container at room temperature for about 3-5 days, depending on the humidity in your home.
Recipe
Originally Published On: August 1, 2022
Last Updated On: August 5, 2025
Homemade Bread
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 3 tbsp oil
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 cups bread flour
- 2 tsp quick-rise active dry yeast
Recommended Equipment
Instructions
- Add liquid ingredients to the pan
- Add dry ingredients except for the yeast
- Form well in dry ingredients and add yeast, don’t let the yeast touch the liquid ingredients
- Select Expressbake, crust color, and press start
- When the bread is done, remove it from the pan and transfer it to a cooling rack
All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutrition content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.
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Mmmmm this looks so scrumptious! I love that it also doesn’t take very long to make. A win in my book!
Maureen
During early covid we made bread once a week and honestly I have no self control. But gosh this sounds so good!
I LOVE it! This si so much better than having to wait for hours and hours for the bread to rise. I’m not patient enough for that.
Yum to the yum. I love bread and have never made it for my family before. I am going to try this recipe out this weekend with my daughter. I can’t believe it only takes one hour!
2 tbsp or 2 tsp yeast?
Sorry, one spot said teaspoon, the other tablespoon. That’s my fault for typing too quickly. I will correct it to 2 teaspoons of yeast.
Nnniiiccceee…for some reason, I have always had it in my head that making bread is quite the tedious and specialised task. This debunks it for me. With this recipe, I am ready to bake my first loaf.
I’ve always wanted to make my bread at home. It’s so much better when I can add anything I want to the recipe and add variety to it. Thank you for this.
I have made bread at home but never something like this. I will try to see if I can do this one haha. Thank you for sharing!
This recipe is so easy I can’t believe I made bread. Makes wonderful sandwiches.
I was making hopefully for just soups, but now i will definitely try it on sandwiches, thanks for the idea Krystle!
I’ve never tried making homemade bread before but that looks quite tasty and love that the recipe is easy to follow, will have to try this sometime for sure.
my toddler loves to eat bread. I will try making your recipe shared. I think this is best to pair with pasta
This looks so so good!!! I would love to bake my own bread, that is so cool. I can’t wait to try your recipe, I am actually very excited about it.
The bread you made looks great. 3 hours down to 1 is really impressive. Sounds like I might need a breadmaker as we do love fresh bread.
Oh this bread looks so soft and wonderful! Perfect for sandwiches too! I love making my own loaves.
I have never tried making bread at home. Your recipe looks really so easy might try it sometime.
This recipe looks absolutely delicious! yummy
Good tip on the yeast. Even if it tastes good, something feels off if the shape is wrong. I don’t know why but it’s true.
Do you know the load size to select on the machine?
Mine doesn’t have a load size on it so, unfortunately, I’m not too sure about that.
ive tried many over the years
follow the recipe
its a winner
Is this a 1, 1.5, or a 2 pound loaf?
This will make a 2 pound loaf of bread.