Sandwich Loaf

Recipe By: Prepare Every Needful Thing
Serves: 1 9-inch loaf

Ingredients:

3 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (plus extra for work surface)
2 tsp salt
1 cup warm whole milk (110°F)
1/3 cup warm water (110°F)
2 TBSP unsalted butter, melted
3 TBSP honey
2 1/4 tsp instant yeast

Directions:

1. Put oven rack on lowest position.
2. Heat oven to 200°F and maintain heat for 10 minutes, then turn off oven.
3. Mix 3 1/2 cups of the flour along with the salt in the bowl of a standing mixer with dough hook.
4. Mix the milk, water, butter, honey and yeast in a separate bowl.
5. Turn mixer on low and slowly add liquid.
6. When dough comes together, increase speed to medium* and mix until dough is smooth (stop two or three times to scrape dough from hook), about 10 minutes.
7. After 5 minutes, if dough is still sticking to sides of the bowl, add remaining flour 1 tbsp at a time, but no more than 1/4 cup total, until dough is no longer sticky.)
8. Turn out dough onto lightly floured surface and knead for about 15 seconds to form a smooth ball.
9. Place dough in lightly-oiled large bowl, then flip dough over to coat both sides.
10. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and place in oven until double in size (about 40-50 minutes).
11. Remove dough from bowl to lightly oiled work surface.
12. Shape into a square about 8 inch per side and about 1 inch thick.
13. Roll dough into a cylinder and pinch seam closed.
14. Place seam-side down in a greased 9x5 loaf pan and gently press down so it touches all sides of the pan.
15. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside in warm spot until dough almost doubles in size, about 20-30 minutes.
16. Keep one oven rack at lowest position and move second rack to middle position.
17. Heat oven to 350°F.
18. Place empty baking dish or pan on lowest rack.
19. Bring 2 cups water to boil in small saucepan.
20. Pour boiling water into baking dish in oven, and then set loaf pan on the middle rack.
21. Bake until bread reaches 195 degrees in center of loaf, about 40 - 50 minutes (for me it was 35 minutes).
22. Remove bread from oven; remove from pan and place on wire rack to cool to room temp.