Vermont Whole Wheat Oatmeal Honey Bread

Annacia's Note:

Whole wheat and oatmeal? This bread is not only good for you, its wonderful flavors will speak for themselves. From King Arthure Flour. Prep time includes rising time.

• Total Time: 2 hrs 41 mins
• Prep Time: 2 hrs 6 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 2 loaves

• 2 cups boiling water
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1/2 cup maple sugar
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (Saigon cinnamon prefered)
• 1 tablespoon instant yeast
• 1 1/2 cups 100% white whole wheat flour
• 4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

Directions:

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine the water, oats, maple sugar, honey, butter, salt and cinnamon. Let cool to lukewarm.
2. Add the yeast and flours, stirring to form a rough dough. Knead (about 10 minutes by hand, 5 to 7 minutes by machine) until the dough is smooth and satiny. Transfer the dough to a lightly greased bowl, cover the bowl with lightly greased plastic wrap, and allow the dough to rise for 1 hour.
3. Divide the dough in half, and shape each half into a loaf. Place the loaves in two greased 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch bread pans. Cover the pans with lightly greased plastic wrap and allow the loaves to rise till they've crowned about 1 inch over the rim of the pan, about 1 hour.
4. Bake the loaves in a preheated 360°F oven for 33 minutes.* Remove them from the oven when they're golden brown, and the interior registers 190°F on an instant-read thermometer. Yield: 2 sandwich loaves.
5. *If your oven can't be set at 360°F, set it at 350°F and bake the bread for 35 to 40 minutes.

Reviews

[SweetsLady]

This was delish! I cut the recipe in half to make 1 loaf, but I wish I would have made the full recipe. :) I didn't have maple sugar, so I used natural sugar and 1/4 tsp maple extract. It was awesome with a tad of butter on my first warm slice. I let daughter take a bite, then she wanted a whole piece. :) Thanks for posting!

[MizEmerilLagasse]

Let me just say this... This bread is sooo good that I made this for the Fall Photo Tag and was even able to take a picture if it before my family munched it all away. LOL! It is perfectly sweet and the next time I make it I will have to save some of it for french toast in the morning. Thank you so much for posting. I'll be getting the photos ready asap. :)

[KLHquilts]

Just made this yesterday as a way of entertaining myself through Winter Storm Nemo (aka The Blizzard of '13!). Fabulous bread -- wonderful crumb and wonderful crust. Came together beautifully, rose beautifully, had a fabulous flavor. For those on a budget, Trader Joe's sells maple sugar at a reasonable price. I baked these in Pyrex loaf pans and reduced the temp by 20 degrees -- came out perfectly. We love this bread!