White Pullman Bread

5 from 1 vote

This White Pullman Bread is ideal for making sandwiches. A fine textured sandwich loaf that makes great toast. Easy to slice thick, thin, or doorstep slices.

Cook Time35

Proofing time a minimum2

Total Time2 35

Course: Breakfast, Lunch

Cuisine: British

Keyword: Sandwich Loaf

Servings:

Calories: 180kcal

Author: Lynn

Equipment

1 Pullman Loaf Tin
Baking Parchment

Ingredients

550 g strong white flour
8 g Fast Active dried/easy bake yeast no need to activate in water first
1.5 teaspoons crushed sea salt.
20 g softened butter cut into cubes
375 ml tepid water

Instructions

Grease and line your Pullman Bread Tin with baking parchment.
Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Give everything a good mix to disperse the dried yeast and salt.
Add the butter and water. Knead for about 10 mins until you have a smooth firm dough. Do the finger test, it should spring back pretty quickly. If not, knead for a few more minutes.
Return the dough to the bowl. Cover and leave to double in size. Depending on how warm your kitchen is this can take anything from an hour to a couple of hours. Be patient, let it rise.
When risen, take out of the bowl and dust your counter top with a little flour, give the dough a gentle second knead for a couple of minutes.
Shape into an oval and place into the prepared Pullman Bread Tin. Cover and leave to rise just above the top of the tin. TIP: There is no need to slide on the lid that comes with the tin. This will not be used during the baking process.
Bake in a preheated oven of about 200 deg Fan assisted oven, for about 35 mins or until baked. Leave to cool completely before slicing. Thick, thin or doorstop slices. Which do you prefer?
Use any stale of leftover bread for croutons or breadcrumbs.

Notes

What is a Pullman Sandwich?

A Pullman Sandwich is made from white, fine textured bread that is baked in a square shaped loaf tin with a sliding lid.

How Big is a Pullman Bread Tin?

Pullman Loaf tins are 8" long with 4" in width and depth. You can bake a Pullman Loaf with or without the sliding lid.

What is Doorstep Bread?

Often referred to as bread that is sliced very thickly to make sandwiches or toast. Sliced so thickly that it could be used as a doorstep. Hence the name, doorstep bread.

Can I Reduce the Amount of Yeast?

In very hot weather, you can reduce the amount of yeast in this recipe. On one test with a kitchen of 25deg, I used only 5g of active dried yeast with no additional proofing time needed.

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