Honey Oatmeal Bread
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Recipe type: Bread
Serves: Varies by loaf
 
This Honey Oatmeal Bread is great for sandwiches. You'll be glad you made it. Enjoy! sockbox10.com
Ingredients
  • 1 cup instant oats
  • 2 cups hot water
  • 1 package dry yeast
  • ¼ cup warm water
  • ⅓ cup honey
  • 2 tsp. salt
  • 1 Tbs. butter or oil
  • 51/2 cups flour, approximate
  • 1 egg optional
  • extra oatmeal for coating
Instructions
  1. Place the oats in a large bowl. Bring 2 cups water to a boil, pour over the oats and let stand for at least 15 minutes.
  2. Stir the yeast into ¼ cup of warm water and let stand for 5 minutes to dissolve.
  3. Feel the oats at the bottom of the bowl to be sure they're lukewarm, and then add the honey, salt, butter, and dissolved yeast. You can also add an egg for an extra rich dough.
  4. Work in enough of the flour so that the dough can be handled, but remember that the oatmeal and the honey will make this a very sticky dough. (this is usually 4 cups)
  5. Turn out onto a lightly floured board, knead for a minute or two and then let rest for 10 minutes.
  6. Resume kneading until the dough is elastic, but still rather sticky-don't add too much flour at a time.
  7. Place in a greased bowl, cover, and let rise in a warm spot until double in bulk.
  8. Punch down and divide into two pieces.
  9. Knead each piece to remove the large air bubbles, but do not use any flour on the kneading board--you want the dough to remain sticky.
  10. Roll each loaf in the extra oatmeal until it is completely covered.
  11. Place loaves on lightly greased cookie sheets and allow to rise until doubled.
  12. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  13. Bake bread for 45 minutes.
  14. Remove from cookie sheets and cool on racks.
  15. The rise time will vary depending on the room temperature and humidity.
  16. Dough made with honey may darken more quickly than other bread. I usually cover my loaves with aluminum foil about 20 minutes into the bake time. This also depends on your oven.
  17. The size of your loaves can determine bake time. If I make 3 loaves out of the dough, I will cut back the bake time a few minutes.
Recipe by Sock Box 10 at https://sockbox10.com/recipes/honey-oatmeal-bread/