# Amish Sweet Bread

A recipe for Amish sweet bread, perfect for making rolls or a sandwich loaf.

- Total time: 120 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 cups water
- 0.33 cup sugar
- 1.5 Tbsp active dry yeast
- 0.25 cup olive oil
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 5.5 cups flour
- 6 cups flour
- butter

## Instructions

1. Add 2 cups of water and 1/3 cup of sugar to a pot.
2. Heat the water until it's 110°F.
3. Add 1 1/2 Tbsp of active dry yeast to the water sugar mixture.
4. Let the mixture sit for 10 minutes until it gets bubbly and frothy.
5. Add 1/4 cup of olive oil into the yeast mixture.
6. Put the yeast mixture into a stand mixer.
7. Add 1 1/2 tsp of salt.
8. Slowly add 5 1/2 to 6 cups of flour while kneading until the dough is tacky.
9. Cover the dough with a towel and place it in the oven with the light on for 1 hour to rise.
10. Remove the risen dough from the oven.
11. Cut the dough in half.
12. Spray a loaf pan with avocado oil or any kind of oil.
13. Form one half of the dough into a loaf for sandwich bread and place it in the prepared loaf pan.
14. Form the other half of the dough into small rolls.
15. Cover both the loaf and the rolls and let them rise for another half hour.
16. Brush butter over the top of the risen bread and rolls.
17. Bake them in the oven for 30 minutes at 350°F.

## Equipment

- stand mixer
- towel
- oven
- knife
- loaf pan

## Tips

- Heat water to 110°F (Goldilocks water - warm, not hot or cold).
- Let yeast mixture sit for 10 minutes until frothy.
- Knead dough until tacky.
- Cover dough and let it rise in the oven with the light on for 1 hour.
- Spray loaf pan with avocado oil or any kind of oil.
- Brush butter over the top of the bread before baking.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c9VBOJ9phiw
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/f09b95d9-5bd1-4f04-8e33-f714facfe973
- Extracted: 2026-05-19

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