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This Subway Bread Recipe is easy to make and tastes even better than the popular restaurant! Soft and chewy, it’s the perfect start to your favorite sandwich.
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- Ingredients in Subway Bread
- Secret Ingredient for Subway Bread
- Substitutions and Additions
- Frequently Asked Questions about Subway Bread
- More Bread Recipes
- How to Make Subway Bread at Home
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A perfect sandwich begins and ends with the bread! This Subway Bread recipe uses real, actual, bread-making ingredients and tastes even better than what you can get at the restaurant. It’s soft, slightly chewy, with fresh, homemade flavor. You’re probably thinking, why go through all the trouble of making Subway’s sandwich bread at home when you can’t beat a $5 foot long or a cheap 6-inch sandwich? I’m with you there! But hear me out. This recipe is so fun to make at home. It’s ideal for parties, baby showers, picnics, whenever you want to serve delicious homemade sandwiches and wow your guests. My kids love to help shape the dough, watch it bake, then play “Subway” as they assemble all the sandwiches. Try this recipe and see how much fun it can be to create your favorite sub in your own kitchen!
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Ingredients in Subway Bread
Making homemade bread isn’t as daunting as it may seem. Just a few pantry staples and you’re well on your way to delicious, fresh bread from your own kitchen. Here’s what you need for this recipe:
- Yeast – use active dry yeast, NOT quick rising yeast.
- Warm water – warm to the touch but not too hot. You don’t want to kill your yeast with hot water.
- Sugar – a couple tablespoons of white sugar helps to activate and “feed” the yeast, making light bread. You don’t need too much sugar – just enough to get that yeast nice and fluffy.
- Flour – regular all purpose flour for white bread.
- Vital Wheat Gluten – you can find this in a “Bob’s Red Mill” brand package at most grocery stores. See notes below for more on this “secret” ingredient.
- Cold butter
- Salt
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Secret Ingredient for Subway Bread
What kind of food blogger would I be if I wasn’t honest with my readers. So here it goes: it took a few tries (four to be exact) until I got this Subway Bread just right. There is a little secret ingredient you need for it to be just right and that is Vital Wheat Gluten. I know that sounds intimidating, but it isn’t. It’s what you need to make the bread chewy and soft like real Subway bread and you can find it at your regular grocery store! I got mine at Winco in their bulk bins for about two dollars a pound. If you don’t have a Winco nearby, you can get it in a “Bob’s Red Mill” brand package at most grocery stores but it is a bit pricey. But this is the ticket to soft and chewy Subway bread.
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Substitutions and Additions
- Use whole wheat flour to create whole wheat bread
- Add sesame seeds and a drizzle of olive oil to the top of your bread before baking
- For Italian bread or Italian herb bread, sprinkle Italian seasoning or some oregano to the top of your loaf.
- Make cheese bread by sprinkling shredded parmesan cheese to the top of the loaves before baking.
Frequently Asked Questions about Subway Bread
How do I get the shape of Subway’s loaves?
If you REALLY want to make it like Subway, you can use special “sub” bread mold pans. They will help the bread rise in the right direction and you will get that nice “Subway-ish” shape. If you don’t have special pans, you can just shape them as best you can with your hands. The more cylinder-shaped you can get them, the better.
Is homemade Subway bread healthier than the restaurant version?
The bread made at the restaurant has a high sugar content and artificial flavors that aren’t too healthy, so making it at home with wholesome ingredients is definitely a healthier option.
Where can I find the Vital Wheat Gluten? It’s not at my grocery store!
If you can’t find the Vital Wheat Gluten locally, you can get it onAmazon, here.
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How to Make Subway Bread at Home
How to Make Subway Bread at Home
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This Subway Bread Recipe is so easy to make and tastes even better than the popular restaurant! Soft and chewy, the perfect start to your favorite sandwich!
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Prep Time 2 hours hrs 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 25 minutes mins
Total Time 2 hours hrs 45 minutes mins
Course Bread
Cuisine American
Servings 3 12 inch loaves
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Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons active dry yeast
- 1 ½ cup warm water, divided
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 ½ cups flour
- 2 tablespoons Bob's Red Mill Vital Wheat Gluten see above notes
- 3 tablespoons butter, cold, plus a little more for topping cold
- ½ tablespoon salt
Instructions
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine yeast, ½ cup of warm water, and sugar. Stir until well combined. Let stand for about 10 minutes or until nice and foamy.
In a separate mixing bowl, combine flour and vital wheat gluten. Set Aside.
Add the remaining 1 cup warm water to the yeast mixture. Add the flour mixture.
Mix until combined, about 4 minutes.
Add a little flour if necessary; You want it a little sticky, but not so much that it sticks to the sides of the bowl.
Cut up cold butter into little cubes and add to the mixing bowl. Add salt. Mix an additional 5-6 minutes, until butter is mixed in. Pull the bread off the hook if needed throughout the mixing process. Again, you want the dough to be slightly sticky and stretchy.
Grease a large bowl. Place dough inside and roll around a little to get it greased all around Cover and allow to rise in a warm place for about 1 hour.
Punch the dough down and divide into 3 equal pieces. (Flour your hands if the dough is too sticky, for easier handling.) Roll out each piece into a 12-inch-long loaf. The dough should be the same thickness all the way across. Place on a nonstick baking sheet, a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat, or a French bread baking pan. Cover and allow to rise for 40-60 minutes, until dough doubles in size.
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake for 15-25 minutes (check at 15 minutes), until bread is golden brown. Remove from oven and lightly run a little cold butter over the top.
Allow loaves to cool completely, then serve with all your favorite sub sandwich toppings!
Notes
- You can make variations of this bread easily. To make whole wheat bread, use whole wheat flour. You can also add sesame seeds and a drizzle of olive oil to the top of your bread before baking. For Italian bread or Italian herb bread, sprinkle Italian seasoning or some oregano on the top of your loaf before baking. You can make cheese bread by sprinkling shredded Parmesan cheese on the top of the loaves before baking.
- If you use a bread mold, you’ll get the perfect shape each time.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 617kcalCarbohydrates: 105gProtein: 19gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 2438mgPotassium: 159mgFiber: 4gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 350IUCalcium: 31mgIron: 6.1mg
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