Pullman bread or pain de mie
Pullman bread or Pain de mie is a sandwich bread with four square corners baked in a Pullman loaf pan. This pullman bread recipe will help you make soft and fluffy sandwich bread with soft crust in five simple steps.
Ingredients
- 500 g Flour 4 cups
- 315 ml Water 1 1/4 cup+1 tbsp
- 1 1/2 tsp Instant Yeast Active dry yeast 1 3/4 tsp
- 1 3/4 tsp Salt
- 3 tbsp Sugar
- 56 g Butter 1/4 cup or 1/2 stick
Instructions
Prepare the dough
- Into a bowl,add in all the ingredients and combine everything together to for a shaggy mass of dough.Add lukewarm water,sugar,salt,yeast,butter,and flour.Combine evrything together and transfer this onto a clean work surafce.Knead the dough until you get a smooth and elastic dough.Place in an oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap.
Proof the dough
- Leavethe dough to rise in a warm place for about an hour or until doubled in volume.
Shape the dough
- When the dough is double in volume transfer this on to a lightly floured surface.Shape it into a rectangle and roll it like a jelly roll.Pinch the seams together.Place into a buttered Pullman loaf pan seam side down.
Second proofing
- Cover loaf pan with plastic wrap.Let rise in a warm place for about 45 -50 minutes until almost 1 inch from the top rim of the loaf pan.Once you see your dough is almost halfway up the sides – start preheating the oven.
Bake the bread
- Cover the loaf pan with its lid.Place the loaf pan on the middle rack in the preheated oven.Bake @375 F for about 35 -40 minutes.The bread is done – when you tap the bottom of your loaf and you will hear a hollow sound.Open the lid and let it sit in the pan itself for 2-3 minutes and then let it finish cooling on a wire rack.Enjoy!Happy baking!