Honey Oatmeal Bread
This is my all-time favorite bread recipe!! It has never failed me. The instructions are written for a Kitchen Aide mixer because I got the recipe form the cookbook that came with my mixer.
List of Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1/2 cup honey or real maple syrup
- 1/3 cup butter or oleo
- 5 1/2-6 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup quick cooking oats
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 packages (or 2 tablespoons) active dry yeast
- 2 eggs
- 1 egg white
- Oatmeal
Instructions
- Combine water, honey, and butter in small saucepan. Heat over low heat until liquids are very warm. (120 degrees to 130 degrees)
- Place 5 cups of flour, oats, salt, and yeast in bowl.
- Attach bowl and dough hook. Turn to Speed 2 and mix 15 seconds.
- Gradually add warm liquids to flour mixture, about 1 minute.
- Add eggs and mix an additional minute.
- Continuing on Speed 2, add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough clings to hook and cleans sides of bowl. Knead on Speed 2 for 2 minutes longer.
- Place in a greased bowl, turning to grease top. Cover, let rise in warm place, free from draft until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
- Punch dough down and divide in half.
- Shape each half into a loaf and place in a greased 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch loaf pan.
- Cover; let rise in warm place, free from drafts, until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
- Combine water and egg white. Brush tops of loaves with mixture. Sprinkle with oatmeal.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes.
- Remove from pans immediately and cool on wire racks.
- YIELD: 2 loaves.
Final Comments
I don't usually do the egg white/oatmeal mixture in the last step. I do however rub the loaves with butter when they come from the oven before placing on the cooling racks. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.............
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