Sandwich Bread WITHOUT Yeast! (Dead easy)
Recipe video above. This is a bread loaf made without yeast or any other non-standard pantry ingredients. It's as close as you will get to real bread made with yeast! It has a proper crumb like real bread and it's sliceable, rather than being "muffin-like" which many no-yeast breads are. Loosely based on Damper, a traditional Australian bread historically made by swagmen and drovers over campfire (except I've brought it into the 21st century!) Toggle for METRIC (weights).
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 50 min
- Yield
- 16 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 cups flour (, plain/all purpose (Note 1))
- 8 tsp baking powder ((Note 2))
- 3 tsp white sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp cooking / kosher salt ((REDUCE to 1 tsp if using table salt, Note 3))
- 2 1/4 cups milk (, warmed (any - Note 4))
- 1/4 cup oil (, any plain (vegetable, canola, sunflower, rapeseed, grapeseed, light olive oil))
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 220°C/430°F (200°C fan).
- 2
Grease a 22 x 13 cm / 9 x 5" loaf pan, then line with parchment/baking paper with overhang (to lift out).
- 3
Mix dry: Place flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a bowl, mix to combine.
- 4
Add wet: Make a well in the centre, pour in oil and milk. Mix until flour is fully incorporated - batter will be thick but stirrable.
- 5
Fill pan: Scrape into loaf pan, using a rubber spatula to scrape the bowl clean and smooth the surface.
- 6
Bake 30 minutes. Remove from oven, cover with foil.
- 7
Return to oven. Turn oven DOWN to 200°C/390°F (180°C fan), bake 20 minutes.
- 8
Remove from oven. Cool in pan 5 minutes, then use excess paper to lift out and transfer to cooling rack.
- 9
Cool completely before slicing - 45 minutes+. It IS more delicate than yeast breads (can't change science!) but slices far better than the usual "cake like" no yeast breads. Slices perfectly on Day 2 and beyond.
- 10
Use for sandwiches, toast, grilled cheese, french toast, bread and butter pudding - anything you use "real" sandwich bread for!