Oatmeal Bread

My Oatmeal Bread is easy to make with simple ingredients.

Course Breakfast, Breakfast or Brunch

Cuisine American

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 35

Servings loaves

Calories 1747kcal

Author Jessica Robinson

Equipment

Ingredients

Oatmeal Bread

1 ¼ cups old-fashioned rolled oats divided
½ cup vegetable shortening or lard
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups whole milk
1 packet (.25-ounce) active dry yeast (or 2 ¼ teaspoons)
½ cup water, lukewarm
¾ cup pure maple syrup (or honey)
2 large eggs room temperature
5-5/1/2 cups bread or all-purpose flour
1 cup wheat germ (or spelt wheat flour)

Egg Wash

1 large egg for egg wash
1 teaspoon water
1 tablespoon brown sugar

Instructions

Oatmeal Bread

In a large bowl, combine 1 cup of the oats, shortening, and salt. In a saucepan, bring the milk to a gentle boil. Pour hot milk over the oat mixture. Stir, cover, and cool to lukewarm.
Dissolve the yeast in lukewarm water, set aside.
In a bowl of a stand mixer or in large mixing bowl using a Danish dough whisk, combine the maple syrup, eggs, and dissolved yeast with the oatmeal mixture.
Using a dough hook, stir in 4 cups of the flour and wheat germ until combined. Add more flour as needed. (This dough will be STICKY!!)
Use a plastic bench scraper to turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface. Knead the bread for 3-4 minutes.
Form into a ball and place into a greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap or disposable plastic shower cap and let rise in a warm place until doubled. (about 1 to 1 ½ hours)
Grease three (9x5-inch) loaf pans and set aside. Or two (10x5-inch) loaf pans.
Punch down the dough and shape into loaves. Transfer to the prepared pans.
Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled. (about 30 minutes to 1 hour)
Make a cut on the top, lengthwise of each loaf with a sharp serrated knife or a bread lame. Brush each loaf with the beaten egg and sprinkle with the remaining ¼ cup rolled oats and brown sugar.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Bake loaves for 35-40 minutes, until golden brown. until the outside is golden brown and internal temperature is 195-200 degrees.
Let cool for 10 minutes. Remove from bread pans and let cool completely on a baking rack.

Notes

Oatmeal Bread

Wheat germ is readily available in the cereal aisle of most major grocery stores. Substitutions are; 1 cup spelt wheat flour or 1 cup potato flakes

For homemade bread, I'd rather the dough be a little sticky and turn it out on to a floured surface to knead. (adjust the flour as needed)

I usually like an equal mix of all-purpose and bread flour for my bread recipes.

If you are using cast iron bread pans, be sure to grease the bottom and sides well.

You can also use traditional metal loaf pans.

Gently spray the underside of the plastic wrap with cooking spray. This will prevent it from sticking to the bread as it rises!

Substitute honey instead of maple syrup if you don't have it!

If you over proof the bread it will fall while it bakes in the oven.

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