Easy Buttermilk Bread

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup Buttermilk
• ½ tablespoon Sugar
• 1¼ teaspoons Salt
• 1½ teaspoons Dry active yeast
• 2½ cups Bread flour
• ½ tablespoon Vegetable oil or light olive oil

Instructions

• 1 In a small pot scald the buttermilk, then add sugar and salt. Cool to lukewarm.
• 2 Transfer the buttermilk mix in a medium bowl. Add the yeast in lukewarm
  buttermilk and leave it for 5 minutes then whisk the mixture together. Add half
  the flour and mix until smooth. Add oil and remaining flour. Knead the dough
  quickly until smooth and elastic.
• 3 Place dough in a medium greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let it rest in
  a warm, draft-free area. Let the dough rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 ½
  hours.
• 4 When ready, shape the dough into a loaf, if you want you can divide it into 2 or
  3 equal parts, and place in a greased bread pan or loaf pan.
• 5 Cover and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• 6 Bake the bread in hot oven at 425F (220C) for 15 minutes then reduce the heat to
  375 (190C) for 35 minutes.
• 7 Move to a wire rack to cool completely before cutting and serving. Enjoy!

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