Name: Homemade Subway Bread Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: 8 (makes 4 nine-inch sub buns
Cuisine: American
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)

Homemade Subway Bread Recipe

This easy homemade Subway bread recipe is just like the restaurant. A perfect copy-cat loaf of Subway bread for delicious sandwiches at home.

Prep15 min

Cook25 min

Total2 hr 10 min

Serves8 (makes 4 nine-inch sub buns

Published 13 Jul 2017

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PerfectHomemade Subway Breadrecipe, just like the restaurant. This recipes makes a perfect copycat loaf of Subway bread for sandwiches at home.

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 ofeasy refrigerated pickled banana peppers, too.

Thehomemade Subway breadwas 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 amazingcheese steak sandwichserved on this perfect sandwich bread. Mom for the win!

four long rolls of bread lightly brown on top sitting in a white pan with hand rubbing butter on them.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Soft crustandlight as airin 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 withbasic ingredientsyou’ll likely find in your pantry

Recipe Ingredients

Yeast –If buying yeast in the packets,you’ll need to open twoto 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.

white round bowl with puffy pale dough in it.

Popular Variation: Italian Herb & Cheese Bread

I have had a few people email me and say that just before baking theybrushedthe outside of the dough with olive oil or butter and thensprinkledon some Italian seasoning and some Parmesan cheese for a great homemadeSubway Italian Herb and Cheese bread.

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

How to Make Homemade Subway Bread

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

four long rolls of dough in a white pan.

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 skiprubbing 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 Rcova readers, Kim, had great successusing her bread machineto 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.

four baked long loaves of bread with a golden crust.

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Homemade Subway Bread Recipe

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

Ingredients

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 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.

Equipment

baking sheet

KitchenAid stand mixer

dough hook for KitchenAid stand mixer

Nutrition

Calories254

Carbohydrates40

Fat8

Fiber2

Protein5

Saturated fat1

Sodium437