Honey Oat Bread
Using just a few simple ingredients you can make this delicious Homemade Honey Oat Bread!
Servings: 12 Slices
Calories: 211kcal
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 9x5 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
Tips 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.
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
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 211kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 303mg | Potassium: 107mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 91IU | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 2mg