Whether you’re new at making homemade bread or a seasoned pro, you’re going to love this Honey Oat Bread recipe! It is one of the yummiest and easiest bread recipes you’ll ever make and is melt-in-your-mouth delicious every single time.
What Makes This Oat Bread Recipe So Great?
- Taste. The taste of this bread is absolutely to die for! It’s the kind of recipe that you and your family won’t be able to say no to, and you can feel good feeding it to them knowing exactly what goes into it. You’ll be lucky if this fluffy and sweet deliciousness makes it through the week, let alone the day!
- Simple. This recipe doesn’t call for any complicated ingredients or techniques. Just a few basic and wholesome ingredients and you’re on your way to enjoying the best homemade bread recipe you’ve ever had!
- Easy. Making your own bread isn’t nearly as complicated as you might think! If you’ve ever been afraid to bake bread, let this be the recipe (or my Country Oatmeal Bread recipe) that calms your fears. It’s a surprisingly easy process, and the end result is well worth it!
What Goes Into This Easy Homemade Bread?
This Honey Oat Bread recipe calls for just a few very basic and wholesome ingredients! Check your pantry, you’ve probably got most, if not all, of the ingredients all on hand!
You’ll only need:
- Flour
- Oats
- Instant yeast
- Salt
- Milk
- Water
- Unsalted butter
- Honey
How Do You Make This Recipe?
If you’ve ever baked homemade bread before, this recipe is likely to be one of the easiest breads you’ve ever made. And if it’s your first time making your own bread, know that this is probably the simplest recipe to start with! After you make this recipe, you can also try out my easy Homemade Whole Wheat Bread recipe, too!
In your stand mixer or in a large mixing bowl, combine the oats, flour, yeast and salt.
Heat your milk and butter until melted. Allow to cool until warm. Then stir in the honey and water.
Add the liquid mixture to the dry mixture until it comes together to form a dough. Knead by hand (or with a dough hook on your mixer) for 10 minutes.
Place your dough in an oiled bowl. Cover and let rise until it doubles in size (about 45 minutes to an hour).
Shape your loaf and place it into a 9×5 loaf pan. Cover with a towel and allow to rise until doubled.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Add an empty pot or pan to the lower rack to heat up. Bring 2 cups of water to a boil and add to the pan.
When your loaf is raised to double the size, heat up your honey and spread a nice layer over the top. Sprinkle oats on top.
Bake in the oven for 40-50 minutes.
Remove from the pan and cool completely before eating.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Oat Bread?
To put it simply, oat bread is a bread that is made with a mixture of flour, oats, yeast, water and salt. The addition of the oats adds great flavor to the bread as well as a slew of nutritional benefits. Great tasting bread that’s actually good for you? That’s something I can get behind!
Is Honey Oat Bread Healthy?
Yes it is! In fact, oat bread is touted as one of the healthiest types of bread you can eat! It’s a fantastic source of good carbs, which helps make you feel fuller for longer. This honey oat bread recipe is high in fiber, which helps reduce the likeliness of health complications such as diabetes, heart disease and digestive problems. It’s also richer in protein than wheat, and is full of nutrients such as vitamin E, iron and calcium. You can rest easy knowing that your family will be enjoying a homemade bread that’s both delicious and healthy!
Is Oat Bread Better Than Wheat Bread?
When comparing the two, oat bread definitely has the nutritional advantage over wheat bread. Oat bread is lower in carbs, higher in protein and higher in fiber than wheat bread. Beyond that, you know exactly what’s going into the honey oat bread you’re eating, so you know it’s free of unnecessary dyes and preservatives. Just wholesome and healthy bread, plain and simple!
Tips And Tricks For Making This Honey Oat Bread
- Dough. You’ll know when the dough is ready to rise when it becomes smooth and elastic. It should spring back up immediately when lightly pressed and shouldn’t tear when you pull it.
- Rise. You may not be able to tell when the dough has doubled in size, so here’s a simple trick for checking if the bread is done rising. Once you believe dough has doubled in size, simply use your fingers to make a half inch indentation into the top of the dough. If the indentation remains, the dough is ready for the next step. If the indentation goes away, the dough needs more time to rise.
- Done. You can tell the bread is done when the outside has reached a nice dark, golden brown color. Another option is to check the internal temperature of the bread with a digital meat thermometer. Most breads are finished baking when they’ve reached 190° F.
Want More Delicious Bread Recipes?
- Homemade Country Oatmeal Bread – Thick, hearty, and nothing but down home simple goodness – the perfect bread recipe!
- Guinness Irish Brown Bread – This bread is just perfect for soups, stews or chowders and has a delightful sweetness to it!
- Homemade Whole Wheat Bread– Freshly ground wheat in a bread is always amazing!
- Chocolate Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread –This recipe is a great way to use extra zucchini you may have that your whole family will enjoy!
- Cinnamon Glazed Pumpkin Spice Bread – This is my go-to recipe for pumpkin bread or pumpkin muffins – fluffy and moist!
I know my family gets so excited when I make this Honey Oat Bread, and there’s nothing better than a warm slice straight from the oven with some melted butter! I’m sure your family will love it too! When you make this, tag me on Instagram with @happymoneysaver!
Honey Oat Bread
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 3/4 cups oats instant or old fashioned
- 2 1/4 tsp instant yeast
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup honey
- 3 tbsp honey warmed slightly
- 2 tbsp old fashioned oats
Instructions
- In your stand mixer or in a large mixing bowl, combine the oats, flour, yeast and salt.
- Heat your milk and butter until melted. Allow to cool until warm. Then stir in the honey and water.
- Add the liquid mixture to the dry mixture until it comes together to form a dough. Knead by hand or with a dough hook on your mixer for 10 minutes, until the dough is smooth and elastic.
- Place your dough in a oiled bowl. Cover and let rise until double in size (45 minutes to an hour).
- Shape your loaf and place it into a 9×5 loaf pan. cover with a towel and allow to rise until doubled.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add an empty pot or pan to the lower rack to heat up. Bring 2 cups water to a boil and add to pan.
- When your loaf is raised to double the size, heat up your honey and spread a nice layer over the top. Sprinkle oats on top.
- Bake in oven for 40-50 minutes until the bread is a nice dark golden brown.
- Remove from pan and cool completely before eating. Enjoy!
Notes
Dough. You’ll know when the dough is ready to rise when it becomes smooth and elastic. It should spring back up immediately when lightly pressed and shouldn’t tear when you pull it. Rise. You may not be able to tell when the dough has doubled in size, so here’s a simple trick for checking if the bread is done rising. Once you believe dough has doubled in size, simply use your fingers to make a half inch indentation into the top of the dough. If the indentation remains, the dough is ready for the next step. If the indentation goes away, the dough needs more time to rise. Done. You can tell the bread is done when the outside has reached a nice dark, golden brown color. Another option is to check the internal temperature of the bread with a digital meat thermometer. Most breads are finished baking when they’ve reached 190° F.
Nutrition
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Make sure to pin this recipe on Pinterest to save this recipe to make it again and again! You can also see more bread recipes and learn about freezer meals, too!
Hi Karrie, thank u so much for great recipe.. i Baked thus bread today.. its very tasty and soft and my kids love it.. but i have a problem .. the bread turned out to be extremely soft that i could hardly cut it with the knife..and it was almost falling apart as i did try to cut it… i followed every step in this recipe.. im not sure if i would bake this bread in future eventhough is very tasty. May be you can help me and let me know if it is ok that the beead should be so soft..? Thank u
I am confused about the pan in the oven. It says to preheat oven to 350 then put a pan in the oven with boiling water. I get that this will help rise the dough but isn’t this baking the bread at the same time? Also, it doesn’t say to punch your dough after first rise. Does this need to happen?
By putting some boiling water in a separate pan in the oven it provides steam as it bakes.
Does the recipe call for you to rise the dough in your pans in the oven with boiled water in a pan? Im confused about that part
My family loves it! Sweet & moist! Thanks so much!
Can almond milk be used instead of regular milk?
I think it could, but I haven’t tried it myself to be sure.
Hi,
This recipe looks great – easy and a beautiful looking loaf. Please could you tell me what kind of flour you used for this – all purpose white or did you use strong white bread flour? Can’t wait to try it.
Thank you
Debbie
All purpose flour. 🙂
Could you please tell me an approximation cod time for the second rise?
It depends on your kitchen – if it’s really warm it might be ready in sooner, but if it’s cooler in your kitchen it will take longer.
Hi – this will be my first time making bread. I am a little confused by the empty pan/water. Can anyone help me out?
Do I leave the pan of water in the oven while baking the bread (on lower rack, below bread)?
Thank you 🙂
Nope, take it out for baking, it’s mostly for rising it with steam in the air. And it’s an optional step.
Thanks, Karrie 🙂
We made this for the first time about 2 weeks ago.!we doubled the recipe and had the most delicious bread EVER! We shared a loaf with friends and they loved it too. Today we are doing the recipe X 4. This is our favourite bread ever and it does a great job using simple ingredients.
What a beauty, Karrie! I’m not a big fan of doughs, I always find a way to mess it up. I’ve tried a supposedly easy tart recipe and it ended up a humongous failure, I could barely slice it. This seems like my kind of recipe, I have to give it a go asap.
It calls for honey to be put on top right before you put in oven but earlier it says to put honey with the milk, butter and water into the dough. Can you explain more?
this bread recipe is a keeper. i doubled the recipe and used two 9×5” loaf pans & it made two gorgeous big loaves. toasted and buttered – simply divine.
I followed the recipe for “24 slices” and ended up with a goey mess. Will have to throw it away and start again. I’ve made bread before but wanted to try a honey oat bread
This is really easy to make. I was surprised how ultra soft the oat bread turned out.
The smell of honey warms the house. My family loved it and keep asking for more.
Thank you very much.
So glad you liked it!
Can this recipe be used in a bread machine ?
Hey, looks excellent recipe! Why the step number 6?
It keeps the bread from drying out and makes a nice steam effect happening in the oven.
Hi! I just wanted to thank you for this amazingly easy and simple recipe that tastes great! I grew up in a bakery but never learned to make bread, ha! I nailed it at the first try and made me proud( I tried other recipes with deception outcomes) So yeah! 5 Stars. I started adding some seeds and grains because I love to have a bit of crunch in the loaf beside the crust. I just had one question, Could this be turned into whole wheat? If so How? Much appreciated!
I haven’t tried it as a whole wheat version… so I’m not sure! Anyone else out there try using whole wheat? And did it work?
Yes. I have been using white whole wheat flour for months, and it turns out great! During this pandemic I can’t find white whole wheat flour anywhere, and I’m lucky if I find flour all. I just made a loaf with 1/2 white flour, 1/2 whole wheat flour. It turned out very nice.
Is it really 411 calories per slice.? Is this the calories for the whole loaf?
Thanks
Nope! It was set to 6 servings so I switched it to 12 servings (which would be about the amount of slices I think you can get off this loaf) and it’s 211 per slice. 🙂
Hi. Is this using plain or self raising flour please?
Hey..the recipe looks great. I have a doubt. Did you put whole oats or powdered it?
Hi, thanks for the recipe. Can I skip the first rise and leave to rise in fridge over night instead? How long would it need to be left in morning before punching down and shaping in loaf pan? This would make things easier and mean fresh bread early in morning because I have young children.