Start out your day with a slice of homemade honey oat bread. Amazing warm out of the oven, or toasted, it doesn't get much better than this. A quick and easy recipe you're going to love.
Course: bread
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12
Prep Time: 2hours20minutes
Cook Time: 35minutes
Ingredients
2 ½cupsAll purpose flour
½cupWhole wheat flour
¾cupsold fashioned oatmeal(or instant)
1package instant yeast(2 ¼ teaspoons)
1 ½teaspoonssalt
1cupmilk
2tablespoonsbutter
¼cuphoney
1tablespoonhoney
2tablespoonsOatmeal
Instructions
Combine oatmeal, flours, yeast and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer.
In a 2 cup measuring cup or bowl, add butter and microwave for 10 seconds. Add milk and ¼ cup water and heat for 1 minute until warm but not hot. Add honey and stir to combined.
Add milk mixture to flour mixture and combine with dough hook attachment. Knead for 10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
Place the dough in an oiled bowl, cover and place in a warm place to rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
Punch down and spread into a rectangle, then roll jellyroll style into a log that will fit into a 9 x 5 loaf pan. Place it in the pan, cover and let rise in a warm place for about an hour or until it is about doubled.
Warm a tablespoon of honey in the microwave for a few seconds so it will easily spread. Spread on top of the loaf, covering it completely. Sprinkle with oatmeal.
Bake for 350º for 35-40 minutes until golden brown. Let cool before slicing.
Barbara's Notes + Tips
For a warm place for the bread to rise, heat up water in the microwave and add the bowl of dough to the warm microwave. Shut the door and let it rise in a warm humid environment.
You can leave out the whole wheat flour for a lighter loaf.
Make sure that your butter mixture is warm and not hot when adding it to the yeast mixture or it will kill the yeast.