Vegan Bread Recipe (Perfect Sandwich Loaf!)

Here’s a homemade vegan bread recipe that’s so easy to make! This sandwich bread is so versatile, you’ll never buy store-bought bread again.

Need an easy vegan bread recipe? Do we have the recipe for you? This delicious sandwich bread is actually quite easy to prepare: we Promise! It’s light and delicious, perfect for sandwiches, toast and soups. You don’t need any special equipment: just a 9-inch loaf pan. (Let’s face it: it’s a lot easier than sourdough bread.) Made with some wheat flour, oats, and topped with nuts and seeds, it’s hearty with a healthy twist. You’ll never have to buy bread again!

Related: Our homemade bread and our whole grain bread use the same concept!

Is the bread vegan/plant-based?

This bread is! And many bread recipes are vegan. Traditionally, bread consists of flour, water and yeast: like our sourdough bread, our artisan bread and our multigrain bread. These are completely plant-based! But the sandwich breads you find on grocery store shelves may contain additional ingredients for shelf life and to enrich the dough:

• Dairy products such as milk, cream or butter
• Whey or Cassine: Milk proteins used to stabilize bread
• eggs
• Honey

These types of sandwich breads are not vegan! You have to check the label on breads at the grocery store to see which ones contain these ingredients. So why not bake homemade vegan bread… and take the guesswork out of it? (See what we did there?)

How to make vegan bread: an overview

Here’s a basic rundown of what it takes to make this sandwich-style bread! What is the total duration? This homemade vegan bread takes 2.5 to 3 hours total to bake, then 1.5 hours to cool. This is a project you’ll want to save for days off like weekends. It saves well, so you can do it in advance too (see below)! Here are the basic steps:

Mix and knead the dough	15 minutes active time
proof 1	45 to 60 minutes, without intervention
shape	10 minutes active time
proof 2	40 to 50 minutes without intervention
Bake	30 minutes, hands-free
Cool	90 minutes, hands-free

What’s in this vegan bread recipe?

While many sandwich bread recipes call for butter and milk, this one doesn’t! Meet: Your Perfect Vegan Bread Recipe. Here are the ingredients you will need:

• whole wheat flour and all purpose flour
• Oats
• Neutral oil (like grape or canola oil)
• Almond milk
• maple syrup
• Yeast
• Optional seed set: poppies, sunflower seeds

Equipment list: what you need!

One of the perks of making this homemade vegan bread is that it requires minimal equipment! Here’s what you need:

1. 8 or 9 inch loaf pan
2. kitchen scale (Optional) to measure ingredients by weight
3. Instant read thermometer (Optional) for measuring the internal temperature

Why use a kitchen scale instead of cup measurements? Good question. Weighing ingredients is actually the most accurate way to measure flour. The amount of flour and yeast varies depending on the environment! But this vegan bread recipe doesn’t require as much precision as other bread recipes, so you can get by with cup measurements here.

Why use an instant read thermometer? Reading the internal temperature of bread is the best way to tell if bread is fully cooked. This gives you a good vote of confidence that the bread is actually being baked. You do not have ? No problem, just judge if the top is golden brown.

How do you let bread rise?

This vegan bread recipe calls for two proofs. Test let the bread dough rest so that it can rise. This creates the soft texture of bread (also called the crumb). For this recipe, you can let the bread rise at any of the following temperatures:

• Hot place: For best results, the fermentation temperature should be between 80°F and 90°F. Many ovens have a proof setting that you can use for this step.
• Ambient temperature: You can also let this vegan bread rise at room temperature. The proofing temperature is more important for more delicate breads like sourdough bread, but this bread can be proofed at any temperature.

Here’s how to store this vegan bread

Last thing about homemade bread: its preservation is different than what you would do with store-bought bread! Because it contains no preservatives, homemade bread has special storage instructions. Luckily, this vegan bread is resistant to all of these methods:

• Ambient temperature: Store bread wrapped in plastic at room temperature for 2-3 days
• Refrigerator: Store wrapped in plastic in the fridge for up to 1 week (this bread keeps much better in the fridge than an artisanal bread)
• Freeze: Cut the bread into pieces, wrap in plastic and it can be frozen for 3 months

More vegan bread recipes

Looking for other plant-based bread recipes? Here are some of our favorite vegan baked goods:

• Artisan Multigrain Bread This no-knead Artisan Multigrain Bread recipe requires very little hands-on time and makes two hearty loaves.
• Vegan Banana Bread This deliciously moist Vegan Banana Bread will become a favorite in no time! It’s easy to make and has just the right amount of banana flavor.
• Best Sourdough Bread Recipe Here’s how to make the best sourdough in the world. We broke it down with a step-by-step video.
• Easy Vegan Cornbread You might not have thought cornbread was life changing…until now. This tender and chewy vegan cornbread tastes like the Jiffy Box, but 100 times tastier.
• Vegan Pumpkin Bread It’s moist, chewy, flavored with pumpkin, and super cozy.
• Best Vegan Zucchini Bread This perfectly moist vegan zucchini bread recipe is so good everyone will love it.

This vegan bread recipe is…

Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based and dairy-free.