Homemade Subway Bread

Perfect homemade Subway bread recipe, just like the restaurant. This recipe makes a perfect copycat loaf of Subway bread for sandwiches at home.

Prep Time: 15 minutes mins

Cook Time: 25 minutes mins

Rise Time: 1 hour hr

Total Time :2 hours hrs 10 minutes mins

Servings: 8 (makes 4 nine inch loaves.

Equipment:

baking sheet These are a go-to that every kitchen should have.

dough hook for stand mixer

Ingredients:

1 cup warm water (110 degrees F)

1 tablespoon instant yeast

1 tablespoon sugar

1 1/2 teaspoon salt

4 tablespoons olive oil

2 1/2 to 3 cups bread flour or all-purpose flour

Instructions:

In the bowl of your stand mixer, add the water, yeast, sugar, salt, and olive oil. Let the mixture stand for 5 minutes.

Add 1 cup of flour and mix with the dough hook for 3 to 5 minutes. Add an additional cup of flour and mix until well combined. Continue adding the flour, 1/4 cup at a time, until a soft dough is formed. The dough should still stick to the bottom of the bowl, but pull away from the sides.

Let the dough mix for around 8 minutes total.

When the dough has come together but is still sticking a bit to the bottom of the bowl, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. The dough should be soft but not sticky. Shape the dough into a ball and return it to the bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow the dough to rise for a half hour.

After the dough has risen, turn it out onto a clean surface and divide it into 4. Roll each piece of dough into a long skinny loaf that is about 9 to 10 inches long.

Place the rolled loaves onto a baking sheet lined with parchment or a baking mat. Repeat with the rest of the dough. Allow at least 2 inches between each loaf on the pan.

Cover the loaves with a clean dish towel and allow the loaves to rise until puffy and roughly doubled, about 30 minutes.

Towards the end of the rising time, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. When the loaves are ready, bake them in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.

When the loaves come out of the oven, rub the tops with a stick of butter and cover them with a dish towel to cool.

Let the loaves cool for at least 30 minutes before cutting down the middle and topping with your favorite sandwich fixings.

Notes:

Rubbing the loaves with butter and covering them with a towel to cool are part of what keeps them very soft, so be sure not to miss those steps

If you don't have a stand mixer, just mix the flour in a bit at a time, kneading very well after it's all incorporated.

Add seasonings to the dough to change it up, like garlic powder or Italian seasonings.

Instead of shaping the dough into loaves for Hoagie-style bread, make it into whatever shapes of sandwich rolls your family likes. Note that smaller shapes may need a shorter baking time.

🚨🚨📌 6/6/2025 - I have been retesting this recipe because of complaints about the buns getting flat while baking. I have changed the flour type to bread flour and have said to cover them with a towel instead of plastic wrap to rise the second time. These two changes should help with any dough getting too flat. If you have made this recipes successfully with all-purpose flour, feel free to continue to use that. The dough should be soft but not sticky when you let it rise the first time. 📌🖇️🚨🚨