Honey Oat Bread

This Sweet Honey Oat Bread recipe is delicious with great texture and subtle flavors, naturally sweetened with honey. One recipe yields three loves of bread!

Prep Time15

Cook Time55

Dough proofing (1) and (2)2

Total Time3 10

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Bread, Oat Bread, Whole Wheat Bread with Oats

Servings: loaves

Author: Silvia Dunnirvine

Ingredients

5 cups all-purpose flour or whole wheat flour
1 cup old fashioned oats (plus more for topping)
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 pk active dry yeast
3 cups lukewarm water
1/3 cup honey

Instructions

In a medium size bowl of large measuring add lukewarm water and stir in yeast and honey. Cover with kitchen towel and set aside for 5 minutes until yeast starts to foam up.
Add all-purpose flour or bread flour, old-fashioned oats and salt to the bowl of a mixer. Using the paddle attachment give dry ingredients a quick mix.
With the mixer running on medium speed, add yeast water slowly. Continue to mix for about 2 minutes. Dough will be sticky.
Transfer dough to a large bowl. Cover with kitchen towel and let dough rise to double the size (about an hour).
To remove dough from bowl, pull dough from the sides on to the middle forming a ball. Transfer to a floured surface.
Without manipulation the dough a whole lot, form into a ball. Using a chef's knife or pizza cutter, cut dough into three equal size pieces.
Form each 1/3 dough into a loaf and trasfer to a lined loaf pan. That is three loaf pans!
Allow dough time for a second rise (about an hour). Dough will reach near top of loaf pan.
When ready to bake brush melted butter on top and sprinkle with oats.
Bake at 375 for 45-50 minutes or until crust turns golden brown.

Notes

This recipe has been tested with both all-purpose and whole wheat flour. I do not recommend substituting with gluten-free flour.

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