Since store-bought bread is scarce right now due to Covid-19, this is the perfect time to start making your own! I went grocery shopping earlier this week and was shocked to find the bread aisle completely bare! It was a scary sight! I quickly rushed to the baking aisle and was relieved to see the flour shelf was still full.
My family LOVES Nature's Own Butterbread, so I knew I had to replicate that same bread in the kitchen; thankfully I came up with this recipe! It's easy to make and the bread is so soft, delicious, and perfect for sandwiches and toast or, if you're like my kids, gobbling it up all by its self! Be sure to also try my copycat recipe for Natures Own Honey Wheat Bread!
Since the kids are stuck at home right now, bread is so fun for them to help make! I always pinch off a piece of dough for my kids to play with before I shape it into a loaf…that's their favorite part! They also love to help make my simple 3-Ingredient Buttermilk Biscuits - they love eating them too!
I use a stand mixer to make the bread dough; however, you can always make it by hand - it will just take a little longer. Also, if you have a hard time finding honey, just replace it with the same amount of maple syrup. Trust me, this bread is so good you will want to continue making it long after this pandemic is over!
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How to Make Homemade Butter Bread
Recommended Equipment
Video
Ingredients
- 1 cup warm water (105-110°F)
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 4 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole milk (warmed)
- ¼ cup honey
- ¼ cup salted butter (softened)
- 1 egg (beaten)
- 1 egg yolk (beaten)
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 6 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil (for greasing)
- 3 ice cubes (for baking)
- 2 Tablespoons salted butter (softened, for brushing)
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, pour in warm water (105-110°F). Add sugar and stir until dissolved. Sprinkle yeast over the top and let sit for 10 minutes, until foamy.
- Turn mixer on low speed setting and mix in flour (only 1 cup), milk, honey, butter, egg, egg yolk, and salt, one at a time until incorporated. Switch to a dough hook attachment and slowly mix in 6 to 6 ½ more cups of flour (1 cup at a time) until dough pulls away from the sides of the mixing bowl. Allow mixer to knead the dough for 3 more minutes or knead by hand for 8 minutes.
- Remove mixing bowl from stand mixer. Lightly coat top of the dough with olive oil and cover bowl with greased plastic wrap or a damp cloth. Let rise in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
- Grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans with olive oil and set aside.
- Punch down bread dough and turn out onto a floured surface. Divide dough into 2 equal halves. Using a rolling pin, roll each half into a rectangle about 13 inches long and 9 inches wide. Starting at a short end, roll the dough up into a log shape. Pinch bottom and side seams closed and place into greased loaf pans (seam-side down).
- Cover each loaf with greased plastic wrap. Let rise for 45-60 minutes, until dough has risen 1 inch above tops of loaf pans.
- Uncover loaves and place in a 350°F oven. Throw 3 ice cubes in the bottom of the oven and quickly shut the oven door. Bake for 30-35 minutes, until bread has browned and internal temperature has reached 190-210°F. Immediately take bread loafs out of pans to cool on a wire rack and brush tops of loaves with softened salted butter.
- Allow bread to cool completely (about 1 hour) before slicing.
- Slice, serve, and enjoy!
Jill
This bread turned out perfect! Thank you for the recipe!
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I'm so glad you liked it! Thank you for your comment!
Kate
I love baking bread. This one will be in heavy rotation. Just perfect.
Ranch Style Kitchen
Thank you so much! I love baking bread too! It's so relaxing and fills the house with such amazing aromas! Thanks for your comment!
Sarah
Thanks for making this so easy to follow along! Can’t wait to try it.
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Thank you for your comment! Please let me know how it turns out!
S. Lega
This looks delicious!!! Can’t wait to make this!
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Thank you! Please let me know how it turns out!
Stephanie
This was my first attempt to make homemade bread and it turned out delicious! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
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I’m so glad to hear that! Thank you for your comment and for trying my recipe!
Nathan
Delicious
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Thank you!
Shelly
Looks delicious!
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Thank you! Let me know if you try it!
mns
Time is a little off or maybe I'm doing something wrong but mine take at least 45 minutes to bake! Not a huge deal and they turn out delicious, just noting that one odd thing!
Ranch Style Kitchen
I'm sure you did nothing wrong. There are so many factors that play into how long it takes bread to bake such as the type of oven used, the size of pan you baked in, which altitude you live in, and also the amount of "doneness" you prefer...just to name a few. My family likes a soft crust, so I only bake my bread until the internal temperature reaches 190°F. This may be why the cook time was different for you - I'm not sure. Thank you so much for making this bread though and I'm so glad you liked it!
Shelley
This is the first time I made bread and it turn out perfect! Great recipe!
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I’m so glad to hear that! Thanks for your comment!
Mary
Great recipe!
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Thank you!
Gloria
This bread turned out just like my grandmother's bread. Will be saving this recipe.
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I'm so glad you tried my recipe and that it brought back precious memories of your grandmother! Thanks for sharing!
Rose
Looks just like a recipe I use to have. Will have to try this one.
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Please do and let me know how it turns out! Thanks for your comment!
Tracy
The rise on this bread was amazing and the taste was so delicious! Was also pretty easy to make for making bread from scratch. Will be making this recipe for years to come!
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I'm so glad you liked it! Thank you for trying my recipe and thanks for commenting!
Cindy
Great recipe! Saving this one!
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Thank you! I hope you enjoy it!
Caroly
Oh my, just took two loaves out of the oven and had to cut one before it cooled. It was delicious, brought back the memory of my childhood, in grade school we used to go across the street to Spring Hill Bakery and buy a loaf of butter bread for .25, and eat the whole loaf for lunch. This recipe tastes just like what I remember. The loaves turned out looking as good as they taste. Thank you so much for posting this recipe, it truly made my day to be able to experience this wonderful bread again. I'd post a picture but do not see where I can on the comments.
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I'm so glad you liked it! I love it when my recipes bring back sweet memories for people! I wish you could post a photo too but I don't have that option yet...hopefully one day! Thank you so much for your comment and for trying my recipe!
Jessa
Every time I make this, it comes out better and better. This recipe is AMAZING!
Ranch Style Kitchen
Thank you! I'm so glad to hear that!
Ron
Great recipe! Do you think we could roughly halve the ingredients for just one loaf? This makes a lotta bread!
Ranch Style Kitchen
Thank you! You absolutely can half this recipe. At the top of the recipe card under "Servings", change the number from 2 to 1. That should half all the ingredients. Also, if you're wanting to print the recipe out, click on "Print Recipe", change the number of loaves to 1, and then print it out. Hope this helps and I hope you had a very Merry Christmas!
Elie John Ferguson
Had a random urge to make bread today but none of my cook books and any recipes for butter bread. Seen this, read through it a couple times and gave it a shot. Easy to make with just a sifter and hands. Thanks for recipe.
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Yay! I'm so glad you liked it! I sometimes use my hands also. Kneading dough is relaxing and it's easier to tell when the dough is ready that way.
Jean
Can this be adapted for a Zojirushi 2 lb breadmaker? I have one of those but I don’t have a stand mixer at all. 😢
Ranch Style Kitchen
I'm sorry but I have never used a bread machine before. I recommend this very informative article for how to convert a recipe for a bread machine: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2018/04/30/how-to-convert-recipes-to-a-bread-machine
I think you would need to half the recipe and substitute the active dry yeast with instant (fast-acting) yeast. Follow your bread machine's instruction manual and bake on the basic setting. I hope this helps!
SHANTRELL Y CAMPBELL
I have been making bread for about two months now and have tried several different recipes. This butter bread recipe came out delicious and I think this is the best recipe yet! Definitely a keeper!
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Thank you so much! I'm so glad you liked it!