Oats 'n Honey Wheat Bread

Submitted by Debs Recipes

"Here's a delicious bread you can feel really good about giving to your family! It's a light-textured, healthful and hearty loaf with a nice nutty-flavor. And it's so easy to make with the help of a KitchenAid stand mixer."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 50mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 1 loaf
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• 236.59 ml scalded milk
• 44.37 ml honey
• 44.37 ml vegetable oil
• 11.09 ml active dry yeast
• 1.23 ml sugar
• 59.14 ml warm water
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 4.92 ml salt
• 59.14 ml unprocessed oat bran (I use Quaker Oat Bran Hot Cereal)
• 118.29 ml oatmeal
• 236.59 ml whole wheat flour
• 473.18 ml all-purpose flour, plus
• additional all-purpose flour, as needed

directions

1. Combine milk, honey, and oil; set aside to cool; meanwhile, sprinkle yeast and sugar over warm water; let stand about 5 minutes until foamy.
2. Stir together cooled milk mixture, proofed yeast mixture, egg, salt, oat bran, oatmeal, and wheat flour; gradually stir (in KitchenAid stand mixer on low speed #1) until a soft dough comes together to form a smooth ball; add additional bread flour a tablespoon or two at a time if necessary.
3. Knead (in KitchenAid stand mixer on medium speed #2) about 10 minutes until dough is smooth and elastic.
4. Place dough into oiled bowl; cover bowl and place in a warm place; allow dough to rise about an hour until doubled.
5. Punch down dough; let rise again 30-45 minutes until once-again doubled; you may, if desired, skip this second rise and simply let the dough rest 10 minutes before shaping it into a loaf.
6. Shape dough into a loaf; place in a greased loaf pan; cover and let rise again about 30 minutes.
7. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes, or until loaf sounds hollow when tapped.
8. NOTE: The honey in this recipe may be replaced with your choice of molasses, corn syrup, brown sugar, or white sugar.