This is comfort bread. A fine, light everyday bread. It needs about 3 hours of inactive time, but it’s nothing you can’t start in the morning (mixing it up takes all of 15 minutes) and have fresh bread by lunch or dinner. This bread can be made in a stand mixer with a dough hook; I’ve chosen to make it by hand. It’s easy, the bread is great, and I’d rather not have to pull out the mixer if I don’t have ti. Besides, kneading bread is cheaper than therapy and sometimes as effective. If using a mixer, just combine the wet and dry ingredients in the bowl of the mixer and knead with the hook for about 5 minutes instead of by hand.