Hello all,

Dairy products and I don’t get along so well, but I really want to make the soft sandwich loaves in The Bread Bible.

Any suggestions for a non-dairy substitute for the powdered milk listed in the recipes in that chapter?

Regards,

Milkless in Seattle

Do you like coconut milk? That might work, if you like the taste.

Otherwise, I would say to omit the milk powder altogether and just use straight water.

I don’t use milk powder as I think all the goodness has been taken out of it so would just leave it out.

Hi everybody,

I’m the OP on this thread and I thought I’d post an update.  Turns out, the commenter who suggested omitting the milk powder was spot on.  I left it out entirely and my sandwich loaves were delicious.  I had no idea sandwich bread could have so much flavor, and the texture was divine: moist and pleasingly dense.

Attached is a photo of my beautiful loaf!

Congratulations, that’s one beautiful loaf!