This month onward, I will be participating in one more group challenge. Bread Bakers is a group of enthusiastic bread bakers who come together every month to create a bread for a chosen theme. I have given the details of the group at the end of the post. So this month it was Rocío who selected the theme Oatmeal for the group. I was so happy that I could try a bread from my wish list. Oats bread has been in my to do list for long. Yes, I have a long to do list and keep on striking them whenever I get a chance. I followed the recipe from Bakingdom and it turned out absolutely amazing. But I still have a story for the bread. If you are not bored yet, then keep on reading about my bread baking adventure.
Every time I select a bread recipe, the most intriguing part is the selection of the correct pan. I never have the pan which is given in the recipe. Either I use a large pan and end up with a flat bread or use a smaller pan and end up with an overflowing bread. I have a 7 1/2″ * 4 1/2″ pan which is smaller than the usual 8 1/2″ pan normally used in recipes. So I divide the dough into two parts, bake one in my pan and bake the smaller portion in another small tin. Some times it works good but this time, it was a flop. The bread in the main tin was flat and the smaller one was so lovely. But I wanted to make a perfect bread. So I had to try it again. This time, I used the whole dough in my pan and ended up wit an amazingly domed super soft crumb and crispy crust bread.
The first time, my daughter was hungry and she didn’t give me enough time to cool the bread. So the slices were squished at the base. But the next trial, I did everything before my daughter came from school and so it had plenty of time to cool. I also made a jar of Peanutella ( yes, you read it right, it was so yum!!!) and when my daughter came home, she was treated with a large slice of this bread slathered with home made peanutella (click on link for recipe). And for the next two days it was her evening snack and I was so proud of the bread loaf that I kept a slice at hand and was staring it so much. Even when taking a bite I was admiring how amazing the texture was. Call me crazy!!!
Recipe Source: Bakingdom
Ingredients:
All Purpose Flour/ Maida -3 cups
Oats-3/4 cup
Instant Yeast-2 1/4 tsp
Salt-1 1/2 tsp
Milk-1 cup
Lukewarm Water-1/3 cup
Butter-2 tbs
Honey-1/4 cup
For Topping:
Honey-2 tbs
Milk-1 tsp
Oats-2 tbs
Procedure:
In a bowl mix together maida, oats, salt and yeast.
In a sauce pan heat milk until warm and add butter.
Remove from flame and let the butter melt in the residual heat. Let the milk come to barely warm temperature.
Add in honey and lukewarm water.
Add the liquids to the flour mixture and mix. The dough will be sticky.
Knead the dough for 10-12 minutes or until soft and elastic.
Place it in an oiled bowl and cover with cling wrap.
Set aside for the first rise for 1 hour.
Now remove the dough on to the counter and shape it into a rectangle measuring 7 1/2″ * 12″.
Roll it into a loaf pressing the dough on each roll to tightly seal it.
Once completely rolled, place it seam side down on a greased bread tin measuring 7 1/2″ * 4 1/2″.
Cover the tin loosely with cling film and set aside for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 175°C.
Mix together honey and milk and apply it on the dough.
Sprinkle oats on top.
Bake it in middle rack for 30 minutes.
The top will start browning fast.
Now relocate the tin to the lower rack and continue baking for 20 more minutes.
Remove from oven and allow it to cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack along with the tin.
Carefully remove the loaf from the tin and allow it to cool completely on a wire rack. It may take 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours. Do not slice when warm.
Slice it up with a bread knife and enjoy however you like..
Do not slice that. This was from my first attempt. Just roll the whole rectangle..
This was my first attempt which came out flat.
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Honey Oats Bread Loaf
Ingredients
Ingredients
- All Purpose Flour/ Maida -3 cups
- Oats-3/4 cup
- Instant Yeast-2 1/4 tsp
- Salt-1 1/2 tsp
- Milk-1 cup
- Lukewarm Water-1/3 cup
- Butter-2 tbs
- Honey-1/4 cup
For Topping
- Honey-2 tbs
- Milk-1 tsp
- Oats-2 tbs
Instructions
Procedure
- In a bowl mix together maida, oats, salt and yeast.
- In a sauce pan heat milk until warm and add butter.
- Remove from flame and let the butter melt in the residual heat. Let the milk come to barely warm temperature.
- Add in honey and lukewarm water.
- Add the liquids to the flour mixture and mix. The dough will be sticky.
- Knead the dough for 10-12 minutes or until soft and elastic.
- Place it in an oiled bowl and cover with cling wrap.
- Set aside for the first rise for 1 hour.
- Now remove the dough on to the counter and shape it into a rectangle measuring 7 1/2" * 12".
- Roll it into a loaf pressing the dough on each roll to tightly seal it.
- Once completely rolled, place it seam side down on a greased bread tin measuring 7 1/2" * 4 1/2".
- Cover the tin loosely with cling film and set aside for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 175°C.
- Mix together honey and milk and apply it on the dough.
- Sprinkle oats on top.
- Bake it in middle rack for 30 minutes.
- The top will start browning fast.
- Now relocate the tin to the lower rack and continue baking for 20 more minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow it to cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack along with the tin.
- Carefully remove the loaf from the tin and allow it to cool completely on a wire rack. It may take 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours. Do not slice when warm.
- Slice it up with a bread knife and enjoy however you like..
Wow this bread looks so perfect… the texture and the color has turned out soooo good!!! adding this to my bookmarks!!
Welcome to Bread Bakers! Your loaves are beautiful.
A very nice loaf! It is fun to experiment with different size pans to see the result.
Welcome to the group! I know what you mean about having the right pan. It seems like so often I end up with a tiny loaf because I use too big a pan or one that overflows from the pan because I had too much dough.
that Wonderful bread !! It’s fabulous
Wow. Nice photos. Welcome to Bread Bakers. Be sure to update the html so the links keep working =)
Your bread looks delicious!
HI gayatri,
I regularly read your posts and feel very happy. You are very passionate and enthusiastic and very adventurous baker. Although I am not able to try all the recipes , I did try your aqua faba. I wish to do it till I get perfect results.
But in this recipe maida is 3 cups and oats only 3/4 cup. An we replace maida with some other healthy flour?
With warm regards,
Dipti bandekar
You can replace half of maida with wheat flour. You may need 1/4 cup extra water but it turns out so nice. My first experiment was with 50- 50 atta and maida. So go ahead and bake a healthier bread!!
Welcome to bread bakers! Your bread looks lovely.
Looks awesome Gayathri!
Your oats bread turned out just perfect Gayathri. Love your enthusiasm to keep on trying until you got the perfect loaf. Glad to see that your trials have paid off 🙂
Your loaf looks wonderful Gayathri.. Would be perfect for buttered toasts or spreading jam..
Hey Gayathri,
I like all ur posts, Ihave a silly doubt. Can I use the Bakers Dry yeast rather than instant yeast ? Will I get the same result and how much of Dry Yeast should I use . Pls guide me becoz I tried baking a bread once and it flopped.
Hi Nousheen, thank you. And for your info, no doubt is silly. You can use dry yeast but it has got a lot of problems. If the temperature of the water is not correct, it fails. That is why I recommend instant yeast. And you have to add it to warm water first and then prove it for 10 minutes before adding it to the flour. The quantity remains the same.
Can I add less honey and herbs instead as I don’t want it to become very sweet
It doesn’t add too much sweetness but gives a nice flavour. But if you want you can decrease the amount.
Can I use my pan of 8″ by 4″ for baking the bread?
Yes, you can use it.
Hi! I want to try out this bread recipe bt m short of honey. What can be replaced with honey?
Thank u.
You can add some sugar instead.
Hello Gayathri Ji,
I have already tried this bread and it came out really well. Just wanted to know if I can make this with whole wheat flour?
Thanks in advance.
Regards.
Yes, you can make it just with wheat flour.
Can I use dried yeast instead of instant yeast?
Yes, you can use. But you need to prove it before adding to the flour.
Again this is me,I tried this honey acts bread ,it rose very well,brown the top too but it was not cooked From inside I fact underneath part was bit wet too. According to the recipe I kept a bowl of water in lower stand, I don’t know where I went wrong,can I bake it again,or convert as a cake rusk please advice me as usual I know I am bothering you
It happens with some oven. The top browns faster and the insides are not cooked. Next time, cover the bread with aluminium foil while baking. This will prevent the top from getting brown faster. Yes, you can easily make some rusks out of the bread. Just slice them and arrange on the tray. Bake until crisp.
I followed the recipe exactly, the bread comes out very well but only after adjusting the temp and length of time. 175 was nowhere near hot enough (I tested my oven to make sure the temp was correct) and the combined 50 minutes was not enough either, after the 175 for 50 minutes the bread was still not baked, it was actually sticky, I increased the temp to 250 and by put it in for another 30 minutes, checked and it was a beautiful golden brown.
An hour or so later it was ready to eat and it was awesome, this will make a very nice base recipe for different herbs, seeds and cheeses.
I’m making another loaf right this second with roasted sesame seeds and a touch of smoked garlic, it’s going to be awesome.