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on Apr 18, 2022, Updated Apr 02, 2024

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

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I love making homemade bread. It’s easier than you think, makes the house smell amazing, and provides that little extra something for your meal. Plus I can put on as many banana peppers as my heart desires, so I’ll also be making up a batch of easy refrigerated pickled banana peppers, too.

The homemade Subway bread was just perfect. It had a very soft crust (thanks to a little butter and letting it steam in a towel as it cooled) and a light middle, and it kind of smashed into nothing when you ate it. Just like the real thing.

Your family will be shocked and amazed at your mad skills, and you can wow them with an amazing cheese steak sandwich served on this perfect sandwich bread. Mom for the win!

Table of Contents

  • Why You’ll Love This Recipe
  • Recipe Ingredients
  • How to Make Homemade Subway Bread
  • Recipe FAQs
  • Expert Tips
  • More Amazing Bread Recipes to Consider
  • Homemade Subway Bread Recipe Recipe
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe

  • Soft crust and light as air in the middle – a perfect replica of Subway bread
  • This is a great recipe to keep on hand for any future hoagie needs
  • A simple bread recipe with basic ingredients you’ll likely find in your pantry

Recipe Ingredients

  • Yeast – If buying yeast in the packets, you’ll need to open two to measure out the amount needed for this recipe
  • Sugar – Plain old sugar to make the yeast happy!
  • Olive oil
  • All-purpose flour

See the recipe card below for full information on ingredients and quantities.

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Popular Variation: Italian Herb & Cheese Bread

I have had a few people email me and say that just before baking they brushed the outside of the dough with olive oil or butter and then sprinkled on some Italian seasoning and some Parmesan cheese for a great homemade Subway Italian Herb and Cheese bread.

I can’t wait to try this myself on any number of creative sandwich recipes!

How to Make Homemade Subway Bread

  1. Mix wet ingredients with all dry ingredients except the flour. Let the mixture stand for 5 minutes.
  2. Add 1 cup of flour and mix for 3 to 5 minutes. Add an additional cup of flour and mix well, and then add rest of flour a little at a time, until a soft dough is formed. Knead until smooth.
  3. Place the dough in a bowl and cover. Allow to rise and then shape into 4 rolls, allowing these to rise again.
  4. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes, brushing with butter and covering when they come out of the oven.

Recipe FAQs

How do I know how much flour to add to bread dough?

If you haven’t ever made a simple bread recipe before, the goal is to add just enough flour for it to be a soft but not sticky dough. If you add too much flour, you’ll end up with Subway bricks instead of bread.

Can I still make homemade bread without a stand mixer?

No stand mixer? This recipe can be made by hand, just be sure to knead itfor a full 8 minutes. That’s a long time but developing the gluten helps the bread to be soft.

Can I incorporate whole wheat flour in this bread recipe?

This recipe works well with half whole wheat flour mixed with half all-purpose flour for whole wheat sub buns.

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Expert Tips

  • This bread froze just about as well as other breads. It was still soft but seemed a bit dryer after freezing. Fresh is best but they do freeze and thaw well.
  • Do not skip rubbing with butter and covering the bread with a towel to cool. This is the key to the texture of this awesome bread!
  • One of the awesome Bless this Mess readers, Kim, had great success using her bread machine to make this recipe. She let the bread machine run the full dough cycle, which is 1.5 hours long. After the cycle she shaped the loaves and let them rise for an hour before baking.
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More Amazing Bread Recipes to Consider

Yeasted Breads

Brioche Bread

Yeasted Breads

Challah Bread

Yeasted Breads

Cinnamon Babka

Yeasted Breads

Chocolate Babka

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Homemade Subway Bread Recipe

By: Melissa Griffiths

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

Prep: 15 minutes mins

Cook: 25 minutes mins

Rise Time: 1 hour hr

Total: 2 hours hrs 10 minutes mins

Servings: 8 (makes 4 nine-inch sub buns

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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 2 3/4 cups 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 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 very soft. 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 greased piece of plastic wrap and allow the loaves to rise until doubled, about an hour.

  • 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 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.

Nutrition

Serving: 1/2 of a sub bun, Calories: 254kcal, Carbohydrates: 40g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 8g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 5g, Sodium: 437mg, Potassium: 59mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 2g, Vitamin C: 0.001mg, Calcium: 8mg, Iron: 2mg

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FAQs

What ingredients are in Subway bread? ›

Wheat Flour (Thiamine, Folic Acid), Water, Yeast, Wholemeal Concentrate (3%) (Wheat Bran, Wheat Germ), Sugar, Wheat Gluten, Bread Improver (Soy Flour, Emulsifiers (472e, 481, 471), Flour Improver (300), Enzymes (Wheat), Iodised Salt (Potassium Iodate, Anti-Caking Agent (535)), Canola Oil, Mineral Salt (170), Caramel ( ...

How do they make bread at Subway? ›

Subway bread is a white bread recipe that you cut and roll into logs. Once the dough is formed the bread gets sprayed with water and dredged in an Italian Herb and cheese blend before it hits the silicone bread molds. It then gets scored and rises until tripled in size then bakes.

What was the ingredient in Subway bread scandal? ›

In 2014, food blogger Vani Hari started a petition, urging Subway to remove azodicarbonamide from its bread (via USA Today). Going off the name alone, azodicarbonamide doesn't sound like it belongs in food, and in fact, Hari found that the chemical shows up in some distinctly inedible places.

How to make your own Subway sandwich? ›

Cut your bread in half lengthwise, leaving it attached at the back. Open it and layer 5 slices of deli meat of choice along the bread. Top with 3 slices of cheese. In your oven, put the open sandwich under the broiler until the cheese is melted.

Does Subway make their bread from scratch? ›

Subway bread used to be mixed in-store but is now made off-site in large scale food processing facilities. Bread is delivered to the store on a weekly or bi-weekly basis as frozen breadsticks. The bread is then thawed, proofed, and baked in-store at least twice a day (more for busier stores).

Do they put sugar in Subway bread? ›

Ten percent of the calories in Subway's bread comes from added sugar. It's nowhere close to ten percent sugar by weight or by volume. Why does Subway add sugar to its bread?

Which Subway bread is healthiest? ›

Which bread is the healthiest at Subway? Generally, Subway's “Hearty Multigrain” is going to be the healthiest choice. Compared to the Artisan Italian, Italian Herbs and Cheese, Jalapeño and Cheddar, Flatbreads and Wraps, it's a lower calorie option and notably has a touch more fiber and protein.

What is the bread Subway use? ›

Baked daily and available in 6-inch and footlong sizes, we offer: Italian White BreadPB. Hearty ItalianPB. 9-Grain Wheat BreadPB.

What oil does Subway use on their sandwiches? ›

90% canola oil, 10% olive oil. I used to manage Subways so I know these things. Or, you could pick up a “to-go” packet and check. Also, their oil and vinegar is 2 parts oil blend to 1 part vinegar, in case you want to recreate it at home.

Why is Subway bread banned in other countries? ›

An Irish court decided that Subway's bread contains more sugar than Irish law allows in bread and is therefor subject to a “value-added tax.” In fact, most commercial breads contain some sugar to improve taste.

Why can't Subway bread be called bread? ›

Ireland's Supreme Court ruled that Subway bread shouldn't be classified as bread for tax purposes due to its sugar-to-flour ratio. In a decision shocking to those familiar with the $5 footlong, Ireland's Supreme Court has ruled: Subway bread isn't actually bread. At least, not legally.

Why did Subway change their bread recipe? ›

In 2014, Subway faced public scrutiny when it was revealed that a chemical called azodicarbonamide, which is used as a bleaching agent and dough conditioner, was present in their bread. Following the controversy, Subway announced that they would be removing azodicarbonamide from their bread recipe.

What are the 3 main ingredients in sandwich making? ›

There are 3 main components of a sandwich: the bread, the spread, and the filling.

How much does a Subway store owner make? ›

The estimated total pay range for a Owner at Subway is $55K–$102K per year, which includes base salary and additional pay. The average Owner base salary at Subway is $73K per year. The average additional pay is $0 per year, which could include cash bonus, stock, commission, profit sharing or tips.

What kind of cheese does Subway use? ›

Type of cheese: Subway offers a variety of cheeses, including American, provolone, cheddar, pepper jack, and Swiss. Depending on the location, the type of cheese used may vary, which could affect the taste.

What is the healthiest bread at Subway? ›

Which bread is the healthiest at Subway? Generally, Subway's “Hearty Multigrain” is going to be the healthiest choice. Compared to the Artisan Italian, Italian Herbs and Cheese, Jalapeño and Cheddar, Flatbreads and Wraps, it's a lower calorie option and notably has a touch more fiber and protein.

Is azodicarbonamide safe? ›

FDA considers ADA a safe food additive when used for the purposes and at the levels specified in the FDA regulations.

What is Subway whole wheat bread made of? ›

9-GRAIN WHEAT Whole wheat flour, enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yeast, sugar, grain and seed blend (wheat, rye, yellow corn, oats, triticale, brown rice, barley, flax seed, millet, sorghum), wheat gluten, contains 2% or less of: salt, ...

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