Oatmeal Bread

This is a delicious oatmeal bread that works great for toast or sandwiches.

• 1 ¼ cups milk, plus a little more to brush on top

• 28 g (2 Tablespoons) butter

• 1 ¼ teaspoons salt

• 40 g (3 Tablespoons) brown sugar

• 2 teaspoons active dry yeast

• 99 g (1 cup) old-fashioned oats

• 180 g (1 ½ cups) bread flour

• 180 g (1 ½ cups) white whole wheat flour

oatmeal bread ingredients

oatmeal bread risen

1. Melt the butter and warm the milk to lukewarm (I use the microwave for both of these tasks). 

2. Mix the melted butter, lukewarm milk, salt, and brown sugar. Sprinkle the yeast over this mixture and wait a few minutes to let it get foamy.

3. Add the flours and oats and knead for 5 to 7 minutes. If you have a stand mixer with a dough hook, use it. Kneading by hand works too even though the dough will be a bit sticky.

4. Coat the dough ball in a bit of vegetable oil, place in a bowl, and let it rise for 1 to 1 ½ hours.

5. Deflate the dough. Shape into a log and place in a greased loaf pan. 

6. Spray some plastic wrap with non-stick cooking spray (or spread a bit of vegetable oil on it), and cover the loaf pan, oiled side down.  Let the dough rise again for 1 to 1 ½ hours. It should rise above the top of the pan.

7. Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Remove the plastic wrap from the loaf pan. Brush a little bit of milk over the top of the loaf (you could also use melted butter or an egg wash).

8. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Remove bread from the loaf pan and place on a wire rack to cool.

Notes:

This post initially read: “Bread selection has been skimpy at my grocery store.  Making bread at home gives you control over the ingredients, flavor, and texture, plus you get to smell it baking!” 2020 was weird.

You can make this vegan by substituting vegan butter and any unsweetened, unflavored, milk for the butter and milk in the recipe.