Easy Quick Bread
- Reviews 2
Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
Yields: 1 loaf
Ingredients
- 1 1⁄4 cups warm water (105-115F)
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast (one packet)
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup rolled oats (not instant oats)
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons sea salt
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted, for brushing
Directions
- In a medium bowl, sprinkle the yeast onto the warm water and stir until the yeast dissolves. Stir in the honey and set aside for a few minutes, until the yeast blooms and swells a bit - 5 - 10 minutes.
- In the meantime, mix the flours, oats, and salt in a large bowl. Add the wet mixture to the dry and stir very well.
- Brush a 8-cup loaf pan generously with some of the melted butter. Turn the dough into the tin, cover with a clean, slightly damp cloth, and set in a warm place for 30 minutes, to rise.
- Preheat the oven to 350F / 180C, with a rack in the middle. When ready, bake the bread for 35-40 minutes, until golden and pulling away from the sides of the pan. I finish things up by leaving the bread under the broiler for just a heartbeat - to give the top a bit deeper color. Remove from oven, and turn the bread out of the pan quickly. Let it cool on a rack so it doesn't steam in the pan. Serve warm, slathered with butter.
- Makes 1 loaf.
- Adapted from Gran's Kitchen: Recipes from the Notebooks of Dulcie May Booker.
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