• prep: 30 min
• cook: 4 hr 30 min
• total: 5 hr

servings:

One simple master recipe, based on a classic French pain de mie, proves endlessly changeable—feel free to think of the five suggestions that accompany it here as merely a start, and let your imagination take it from there.

• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1 (1/4-ounce) envelope active dry yeast (about 2 1/4 teaspoons)
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, softened, cut into pieces, plus 2 tablespoons melted
• Olive oil (for bowl)
• Ingredients for variations (see below)

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