I've been making our own bread in our machine for ages now, but we're having problems with the density of the bread. It's just so thick. Doesn't matter how thin we slice the bread, it's pretty full on to eat as a sandwich (you can taste mainly bread, nothing much of the sandwich ingredients). I've tried a variety of recipes, both from online sources and the bread machine book that came with it. It's brilliant as toast, or as toasted sandwiches, but sometimes DH can't toast his sandwich when he's working. I've tried sifting the flour before it goes in, and I make sure the ingredients go into the machine in the correct order.

So my questions are:

Does anyone have a recipe for bread that's great for sandwiches?

Is the secret in the yeast? Does it really matter what I buy?