Method for washing laundry in a laundry washing machine (1; 101; 201; 301; 401; 501) comprising a washing tub external to a rotatable washing drum wherein the laundry to be washed is loaded, a recirculation circuit adapted to drain liquid from a bottom region of the washing tub and to re-admit such a liquid into a higher region of the washing tub, wherein the method comprises the steps of: - providing a quantity of detergent; - providing a first quantity of water to form with said quantity of detergent a quantity of washing solution; - introducing said washing solution into said washing tub; - recirculating said washing solution inside said washing tub by means of recirculation circuit until said washing solution is absorbed by said loaded laundry inside said washing drum and the level (Lr; L) of said washing solution is below said washing drum; - activating heating means (20; 120) for heating said wetted loaded laundry inside said washing drum; - deactivating said heating means (20; 120) and maintaining said heated wetted loaded laundry inside said washing drum for a predetermined dry maintenance time; - supplying a second quantity of water in said washing tub; - rotating said washing drum; - rinsing said loaded laundry by means of drum rotations and by means of liquid drainage from said washing tub, characterized in that the method comprises a mixing phase wherein said washing solution is mixed, the mixing phase takes place after the phase of introducing the washing solution into the washing tub and before the recirculating of said washing solution inside said washing tub by means of recirculation circuit, wherein said mixing phase is carried out by means of a mixing device associated to the bottom of the washing tub, said mixing device comprises a recirculation mixing pump, an inlet connecting line connecting the recirculation mixing pump to the bottom of the washing tub in a first zone thereof, an outlet connecting line connecting the recirculation mixing pump to the bottom of the tub in a second zone thereof, wherein the recirculation mixing pump is activated to recirculate the liquid inside the washing tub so that the recirculation mixing pump withdraws liquid from the bottom of the washing tub via the inlet connecting line and discharges the liquid withdrawn back into the bottom of the tub via the outlet connecting line. - providing a quantity of detergent; - providing a first quantity of water to form with said quantity of detergent a quantity of washing solution; - introducing said washing solution into said washing tub; - recirculating said washing solution inside said washing tub by means of recirculation circuit until said washing solution is absorbed by said loaded laundry inside said washing drum and the level (Lr; L) of said washing solution is below said washing drum; - activating heating means (20; 120) for heating said wetted loaded laundry inside said washing drum; - deactivating said heating means (20; 120) and maintaining said heated wetted loaded laundry inside said washing drum for a predetermined dry maintenance time; - supplying a second quantity of water in said washing tub; - rotating said washing drum; - rinsing said loaded laundry by means of drum rotations and by means of liquid drainage from said washing tub, characterized in that the method comprises a mixing phase wherein said washing solution is mixed, the mixing phase takes place after the phase of introducing the washing solution into the washing tub and before the recirculating of said washing solution inside said washing tub by means of recirculation circuit, wherein said mixing phase is carried out by means of a mixing device associated to the bottom of the washing tub, said mixing device comprises a recirculation mixing pump, an inlet connecting line connecting the recirculation mixing pump to the bottom of the washing tub in a first zone thereof, an outlet connecting line connecting the recirculation mixing pump to the bottom of the tub in a second zone thereof, wherein the recirculation mixing pump is activated to recirculate the liquid inside the washing tub so that the recirculation mixing pump withdraws liquid from the bottom of the washing tub via the inlet connecting line and discharges the liquid withdrawn back into the bottom of the tub via the outlet connecting line.