Really good new bread recipe!

15 years ago

Okay all you bread bakers, here is a new recipe I have tried twice and it's a winner. I found the recipe on the Sufficient Self web site, posted by prairiegirl. Her notes follow and then my suggestions for variations.

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Bread (makes 2 loaves)

1 cup oats, old fashioned

2 cups boiling water

2 Tab. yeast

1/2 cup warm water (115 degrees)

1/4 cup oil

1/2 cup honey

2 tsp. salt

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

3 - 4 cups all purpose flour

glaze:

1 egg, beaten

1 Tab. cold water

In a small saucepan, bring 2 cups water to a boil; add oats, stir, cover and let set until it's lukewarm.

In a large bowl; dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Let set 5 min. Add lukewarm oats, oil, honey, salt, whole wheat flour and 2 cups flour. Beat for 2 minutes. Add flour 1/4 cup at a time until dough begins to form a ball, pulling away from side of bowl.

Knead on floured surface until smooth and elastic. Use lard to grease a large glass bowl. Place kneaded dough into bowl, turning to coat entire surface with lard. Cover with a cotton towel and let rise in warm place until double - about 1 hour.

Punch dough down, cut in half, and shape each half into a loaf. Place into greased loaf pans. Cover and let rise until double - about 45 minutes.

To make glaze, beat egg and add water. Beat well. Brush each loaf with glaze and sprinkle with about 1 Tab. oats.

Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for about 30 minutes.

When done, remove from pans and cool.

***I use a kitchen aid mixer to mix and knead dough.

I use lard to grease bowl and non-stick spray to grease the loaf pans.

I test bread for doneness using a thermometer. Bread should be 190 degrees.

Can't wait for bread to cool, so cut and eat right away.

Teresa's variations:

used 1/2 cup rolled oats and 1/2 cup Bob's Red Mill grain cereal (5 grain, 6 grain, 7 grain, 8 grain, 10 grain) - pour the 2 cups boiling water over oats and grain cereal mixed together

used 1/4 cup honey plus 1/4 cup molasses

next baking I'm going to increase the salt by 1/2 t. and use half whole wheat flour and half a-p flour

I use safflower oil as my vegetable oil. Canola or corn oil would be fine. I also drizzle oil in the bowl used to rise the bread.

I used shortening to grease the pan, but plan to try to find a small package of lard as I want to get away from the non-stick sprays.

This recipe has a great taste; the oats help keep it moist and it makes really good toast.

Teresa

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Terri_PacNW
15 years ago
Teresa, do the oats and cereal disappear into the bread when it's completed?

I make a Maple Oat, and the oats are not "soaked" so they stay a bit "chunky"..probably doesn't help that I use thick cut. LOL But it does make delish toast. But not so good as a sandwich bread. LOL
annie1992
15 years ago
Thanks, Teresa, I'm going to try this, I even have the Bob's Red Mill 10 grain cereal. I'll bet it would be good with maple syrup instead of honey too.

I make a maple oatmeal bread that I love, but it's kind of a softer, moist bread. Maybe because I usually have the one minute oatmeal and that's what I use, LOL.

Annie
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teresa_nc7
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15 years ago
Terri, I think the oats and cereal mostly disappear into the crumb of the bread. Sitting in the hot water until it cools almost/sort of cooks them to a mush.

Annie, the maple syrup would be a good sub for the honey or maybe 1/4 cup maple syrup and 1/4 cup honey if you want a less pronounced maple flavor. The molasses adds a nice deep brown color to the bread, but doesn't lend a too strong molasses flavor.
punamytsike
15 years ago
Thanks Teresa, I have been looking what to do with oats, as I accidentally bought another big box, when I still had lots left. I will definitely try it out, but I am lazy, so I am planning to try it out with my bread machine.
susytwo
15 years ago
I've made a very similar recipe in the breadmaker (dough cycle only. I bake all bread in the oven) and it turned out really well.

I have a tub of oatbran that I've been meaning to use up and am going to try subbing out half the oats for oatbran.
carol_in_california
15 years ago
What size baking pan, please?
I only have the 9X5 inch.
Recipe sounds great. Thanks.
teresa_nc7
Original Author
15 years ago
The bread makes 2 loaves, I used the 8x4 size for one loaf and three mini loaves to give as gifts. Another time I might make two 8x4 loaf pans full.

Your 9x5 pan will work fine, but the loaves might not be quite as high as in the smaller pan.

Hope this is clear?

Let us know how the recipe does using oat bran to sub for half the oats, suzytwo.
Teresa
marys1000
15 years ago
I made the maple oat in in the Clayborn book and thought the texture a little gummy so I'm hesitant to try this but I like adding oats to this because of the whole blood pressure thing.
Ideefixe
15 years ago
I use cracked wheat instead and soak it for about an hour--it softens but doesn't turn gummy. This recipe looks like a short rise, though, and I like a lot longer rise.
lyndaluu2
15 years ago
T,
That sounds so good...I'll copy and paste.

Linda
trixietx
15 years ago
That does sound good. Thanks for the recipe!
kathleen_li
15 years ago
Thanks, Teresa, sounds like something I would like too!
aliceinmd
15 years ago
I'm new at bread-baking, so I'm hoping someone can expand on the ingredient "2 Tab. yeast."
Is the measurement 2 Tablespoons?
Of what kind of yeast?
Thanks for your assistance!
bri29
15 years ago
Copied and pasted. I'll probably make it tomorrow. Thanks for the recipe! It's always nice trying things that others have already made successfully (and liked)!

Bri
teresa_nc7
Original Author
15 years ago
The 2 Tablespoons of yeast would be regular active dry yeast I would think, not the instant kind.

Teresa
susytwo
15 years ago
Thanks for this recipe. It's a really nice bread.

I did it all in the breadmachine, using 3 cups of flour and kneading in additional flour after, until it felt good in my hands.

I did try subbing out half the oats for oatbran and I like the results. I actually used about 3/4 oatbran and 1/2 cup of oats. I really like the flavor.

Is Bob's Red Mill Grain cereal like Red River cereal? We always have a box of Red River in the pantry and I'm thinking this would be similar?

I also reduced the honey by half, but added no molasses. it still tastes great with just 1/4 cup of honey.
teresa_nc7
Original Author
15 years ago
Susytwo, I think you could use up to 1/2 cup of the Red River cereal as it looks very similar to the Bob's Red Mill multi-grain cereals. I would use 1/2 cup rolled oats along with the half cup of Red River. Thanks for posting your results. I'm glad you like the bread!
Teresa

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