Taffy's Oatmeal Bread
"Adapted from a recipe posted at metallumai.livejournal.com. Makes great toast, and goes really well with cheeses."
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
2 loaves
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 1⁄4 cups warm milk
- 3 cups all-purpose flour, approximately
- 2 tablespoons dry yeast
- 2 2 tablespoons brown sugar or 2 tablespoons honey
- 1⁄4 cup hot water
- 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil or 1/4 cup melted butter
directions
- In a large bowl, combine oats and milk. Let stand 30 minutes at room temperature.
- Add 1/2 c flour, yeast, sweetener, hot water and oil (or butter). Stir well and let stand a few minutes, until bubbles form (this confirms that your yeast is working). Add flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until it is too stiff to stir with a spoon.
- Sprinkle 1/2 c flour over your work surface. Scrape the dough out onto the flour and sprinkle another 1/2 c flour over the top. Knead until the dough is no longer sticky, adding more flour if necessary.
- Wash the bowl, and coat the inside with more oil. Add the dough, turning to coat the dough with the oil. Cover loosely and let stand in a warm place until doubled in size, 30-60 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400°F Meanwhile, coat two loaf pans with shortening. Punch down the dough, cut in half and form each half into a loaf. Place each loaf into a pan, cover loosely, and allow to rise until doubled in volume again, another 30 minutes.
- Brush loaves with milk or egg yolk and sprinkle with a few oats. Bake in preheated oven about 30 minutes, until tops are brown and bottom sounds hollow when tapped. (Internal temperature should be about 205-208°F.).
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!
