Bread Machine Honey-Oat Bread

As January rolls around, bringing along its cold, gray weather my thoughts turn to comfort food.  Bread  is at the top of my comfort food list so today I'm sharing my Honey-Oat bread recipe that can be made so easily in your bread machine.

This honey-oat bread recipe has become a favorite at my house, and its certain to become a favorite of yours. While a bread machine isn't required to make this bread; it's just that a bread machine makes the bread-making process so easy that there is no reason not to make it.

A Hearty Honey-Oat Bread: Bread Machine Recipe

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Be warned that once you start making bread at home you won't want to buy bread at the store ever again.  The high cost of a comparable loaf of bread in the store is only one reason. More importantly, one bite of a freshly made loaf of bread is a taste of heaven.

Why You'll Love This Honey Oat Bread Recipe

The Bread Machine Makes it Easy: Let's talk for a minute about using a bread machine.  Quite frankly, I use the bread machine to mix and knead my dough.  I prefer to bake the bread in a traditional loaf pan in my oven.  I don't like the shape of the bread baked in my bread machine or the hole made in the bottom of the bread by the bread machine paddle. I can avoid these issues by transferring the dough to a traditional loaf pan before baking.

You can use a mixer to mix and knead your dough, but I find that the bread machine takes all the guesswork out of the process when I use the dough setting.  I just add the ingredients and 120 minutes later the dough is ready to transfer to a loaf pan. It's as easy as can be.  That's why I wouldn't be without my bread machine.

Easily Accessible Ingredients: This recipe uses all-purpose flour, rolled oats, butter, salt, and a little honey. You probably have these ingredients in your pantry now.

A Lovely Texture and Flavor: This bread is perfect for sandwiches and toast.  The flavor is subtle and the texture will be loved by all.

How to Make Honey-Oat Bread in Your Bread Machine

You Will Need:

Makes one 2 lb. loaf

Honey-Oat Bread Ingredients

• 1 cup lukewarm water, add 2 Tablespoons more water in winter/low humidity
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
• 2 1/4 teaspoons instant, or bread machine yeast

Bread Machine Directions

Add the ingredients to your bread machine in the order listed.  Set the machine on the dough cycle.  My bread machine dough cycle takes 120 minutes.

After the dough cycle is complete, remove the dough and place it on a lightly floured counter.  Gently deflate the dough and shape into a rectangle loaf.  

Place the loaf in a lightly greased 9-inch loaf pan.

Cover lightly with plastic wrap that you have sprayed with cooking oil and set aside to rise.  In a warm kitchen, the dough will take 30-60 minutes to rise above the rim of the pan.  

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F while the dough is rising.

Remove the plastic wrap and bake the bread for approximately 30 minutes, until the bread is browned and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the bread reads at least 190 degrees F.

Baked Honey-Oat Bread

Remove the bread from the pan to cool on a rack.  I like to run a stick of butter across the top crust to make it soft and buttery.  Alternatively, you can melt two tablespoons of butter and brush the crust with it.

Rub Crust with Butter

Let this bread cool completely before cutting.  Use either a serrated knife or an electric knife to cut the bread.  Either will help you to cut a slice just the thickness you want without squishing the bread in the process.  

The texture of this bread is lovely.  It is perfect for sandwiches and yummy for toast.

You can wrap this bread well in plastic wrap and store it for a few days at room temperature...if it lasts that long.  The bread will also freeze nicely.

Are you looking for other bread recipes?
Bread Machine White Bread, is a yummy, versatile bread.
Bread Machine Anadama Bread, a long-time, family-favorite, from my nana.

The Honey Oat Bread Recipe

bread machine recipe, oatmeal bread

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American

Yield: 12

Author: Donna Urso

Bread Machine Honey Oat Bread

A bread machine for a 2-pound loaf of delicious, honey oat bread.

Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 30 MinInactive time: 150 MinTotal time: 3 H & 5 M

Ingredients

• 1 cup lukewarm water, add 2 Tablespoons more water in winter/low humidity
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 1/4 teaspoons instant, or bread machine yeast
• 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats

Instructions

1. Add the ingredients to your bread machine in the order listed.
2. Set the machine on the dough cycle. My bread machine dough cycle takes 120 minutes.
3. Remove the bread from the bread machine. Form it into a loaf and place it in a greased 9X5" loaf pan.
4. Spray one side of a piece of plastic wrap and loosely cover the pan. Set aside to rise until the dough is an inch above the rim of the pan. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
5. Bake the bread for approximately 30 minutes, until the bread is browned and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the bread reads at least 190 degrees F.
6. Brush the crust with melted butter if you like a soft crust. Cool completely before cutting.

Recommended Products

Bread Slicer Guide

Bread Machine

Henckels Bread Knife

Nutrition Facts

Calories

192

Fat (grams)

5 g

Sat. Fat (grams)

3 g

Carbs (grams)

33 g

Fiber (grams)

2 g

Net carbs

31 g

Sugar (grams)

4 g

Protein (grams)

5 g

Sodium (milligrams)

294 mg

Cholesterol (grams)

10 mg

Nutritional information is approximate.

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