Comments on: Soft Amish White Bread (Video, Beginner Friendly)

By: Marlece

Marlece — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:05:25 +0000

I am 50 yrs old and have never made homemade bread, except for in a bread machine. It works, but it’s just not the same as with your own hands. This recipe worked beautifully. Soft, springy, slightly buttery top. Absolutely delicious. My 16 yr old toasted a slice and added a bit of honey and he said it was the best dessert he’s ever had!

By: ShiNi

ShiNi — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:19:06 +0000

I tried this recipe and it turned out way better than I was expecting. I have been having the worst of luck with my bread maker, so I am so glad this worked out from start to finish! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe, the simplicity of the steps without the bread machine and the richness of the outcome was amazing! Thank you! Will try this again and perhaps do the cinnamon roll recipe with it 🙂

By: Rachel Ballard

Rachel Ballard — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 21:27:33 +0000

In reply to John.

I know it doesn’t John. I’ve actually addressed this issue several times with other readers but I’m glad to do it again. When this recipe was originally taught to me, it was only in cups. There was no other way. And it was entirely by eye. Some days, the flour would be very dry, some days more moist and we had to purely adjust texture by what we saw and felt. That was the only way I made it and the only way the 96 year old who taught it to me made it. For that reason, when I tried to create it with consistent measurements I had to recreate what I knew was right by eye and feel with grams. And that meant weighing each item to get grams that worked but also writing down the recipe in cups the way it was taught to me originally. They don’t match. I know baking organizations like King Arthur created standards for how many grams of flour are in a cup and so on but they simply aren’t applied here. This recipe still works as written with more than 3.8 million YouTube views and lots of success by readers. –Rachel

By: John

John — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:42:30 +0000

1cup of water does not weight 216 grams…

By: Rachel Ballard

Rachel Ballard — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:23:51 +0000

In reply to Ashley Hill.

Hey Ashley have you watched the Youtube video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phzRY8FDj4c&t=35s The key is to not mash the dough so hard that it gets all over you. Light handling and quick movements. I’m on Insta as ntp.rachelb I no longer teach bread on my social platforms though.

By: Rachel Ballard

Rachel Ballard — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:20:32 +0000

In reply to Ashley Hill. No unfortunately gluten free baking is a totally different approach that can't be done with just a flour change.

By: Ashley Hill

Ashley Hill — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:26:43 +0000

Can I use gluten free all purpose flour? If so, what brand do you suggest?

By: Ashley Hill

Ashley Hill — Sat, 30 May 2026 12:12:38 +0000

Couldn’t watch the video to see how you knead the bread so the bread doesn’t become sticky. I made other bread recipes and they all become sticky so they don’t rise correctly.

I also tried finding you on instagram but the link to the profile says “profile doesn’t exist”. Thanks so much