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This quick Yeast Bread Recipe has 5 simple ingredients and bakes quick! Prep this bread for dinner or to make sliced sandwich bread for lunches. Vegan, egg free, and dairy free! Great for toasting up for breakfast or brunch, an amazing way to impress your brunch guests, friends, and family!

I am a huge fan of homemade breads. I normally do a easy 4 ingredient overnight no knead bread or sourdough recipe. I needed a faster last-minute bread for dinner one night, and this simple quick yeast bread recipe was born. The cornmeal on the bottom of the crust was a really fun texture.

This Quick Yeast Bread Recipe Is:

Simple
Made with pantry staple ingredients
Fast
Easy
Ready in under 2 hours
Vegan, vegetarian, egg free, and dairy free!

One of the BEST Pantry Staple Bread Recipes

This vegan quick yeast bread recipe is a fantastic pantry-staple meal! It uses almost all ingredients you would have in your dry pantry or cupboards. You probably already have a lot of these ingredients on hand! Keeping a well-stocked pantry makes it easy to come up with delicious and healthy meals using a few staples you can rotate. I made a list of my Top 125 Plant-Based Pantry Staples that always keep on hand. And you can check out all my favorite pantry staple recipes on TheHerbeevore.com here. By stocking up on healthy whole ingredients you can cook delicious recipes without a trip to the store!

What’s In This Vegan 2 Hour Yeast Bread Recipe?

Warm Water: Use bottled or tap, whichever you would drink.
Salt: For breads I like a fine ground sea salt which mixes into the dough evenly.
Sugar: I used a granulated white sugar, but you can use a natural sweetener to keep it refined sugar free.
Active Dry Yeast: I stocked up on this active yeast which I always find plenty of uses for in my kitchen! Active dry yeast is great for overnight breads and this easy quick bread recipe too!
All Purpose Flour: We are fans of this flour here, and I keep my pantry stocked up with this. I made my quick bread loaves with this flour.
Cornmeal: Great for dusting on the bottom of this bread, it gives the bread a great texture and flavor after being baked.

Easy Make Ahead Bread Recipe for Entertaining!

This vegan quick yeast bread recipe is a fantastic and simple recipe to make ahead. Great for a busy weeknight, for entertaining, or just for those nights when you don’t feel like cooking. I like to prep one (or a few) loaves ahead of time, and slice and freeze some for later. Having ready cooked meals in the fridge or freezer is a great way to enjoy home cooked meals when you don’t have time in the kitchen. Freezing ingredients is also a great way to use up food that may be expiring soon. Check out all my make ahead meals on The Herbeevore for some inso to help you prep, keep, heat, and heat!

How Do I Bake Bread with Yeast?

In a large mixing bowl, add the warm water, salt, sugar and yeast. Allow to sit for 5 minutes until yeast starts to bubble. With a wooden spoon, mix in the flour one cup at a time.
Knead by hand for 5 minutes or so, until dough is soft and springy. Allow dough to rest for at least 1 hour, but up to 2 in a warm location. If its cold, I like to preheat my oven for a minute, turn it off, and let the dough sit in the warm oven to rise.
Preaheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Once dough has risen and doubled in size, knead it back down and form into 2 boule loaves. Sprinkle parchment paper with corn meal and let dough sit on corn meal to rest for 10 minutes while oven preheats.
Once oven reaches temprature, slide loaves of bread onto a baking sheet. Place baking sheet into oven and bake bread for 35 to 45 minutes until golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes on a baking sheet before slicing… mangia!

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