There’s nothing like having fresh homemade bread to go with your meal. Make the process quicker with this express bake bread recipe.
Jump to RecipeFresh, homemade bread is a perfect side for so many meals. It’s great with soups or pasta sauce or a salad. You can eat it as-is, add some butter, sprinkle with seasonings, or toast it for a bit of a crunch.
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. The normal bread cycle takes about 3 hours, but the “express bake” option has it done in under 1 hour.
When you get your ingredients, make sure to get the quick-rise yeast. I didn’t realize the difference the first time and got yeast that wasn’t quick-rise and my bread was flat. It didn’t cook properly. The taste was there, but the shape just wasn’t right.
Homemade Bread in One Hour Step by Step
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 3 tbsp oil
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 cups bread flour
- 2 tbsp quick-rise active dry yeast
Preparation
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.
Homemade Bread in One Hour Leftovers
Leftover bread will keep in a sealed container at room temperature for about 3-5 days, depending on the humidity in your home.
Recipe
Originally Published On: August 1, 2022
Homemade Bread
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 3 tbsp oil
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 cups bread flour
- 2 tbsp 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!
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’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.