Honey Oatmeal Bread for Your Kitchenaid Mixer

At one point, I always made homemade bread! This recipe, from the KitchenAid Recipe and Instruction book, was our favorite! When it comes out of the oven, you want to be sure to have a knife and butter handy! MMM...homemade bread...one of life's simple pleasures! (Prep time includes two hours for rising of dough)

• Ready In: 2 hrs 40 mins
• Yields: 2 loaves of bread

Ingredients

• 5 -6 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1  cup quick-cooking oats
• 2  teaspoons salt
• 2 (1/4ounce) packages active dry yeast
• 1 1⁄2 cups water
• 1⁄2 cup honey
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1⁄2 cup margarine
• 2  eggs
• 1  tablespoon water
• 1  egg white
•  oatmeal

Directions

1. Place 5 cups flour, oats, salt, and yeast in Bowl.
2. Attach bowl and dough hook.
3. Turn to speed 2 and mix for 30 seconds.
4. In saucepan, combine water, honey, and butter.
5. Heat to 120°F to 130°F.
6. On Speed 2, slowly add warm liquids to flour mixture, mixing for about 1 minute.
7. Add eggs; mix an additional 1 minute.
8. Still on Speed 2, add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough clings to hook and cleans sides of bowl, about 3 minutes.
9. Knead on Speed 2 for 7-10 minutes or until dough is smooth and elastic.
10. Place in greased bowl, turning to grease top.
11. Cover; let rise in warm place, until doubled, about 1 hour.
12. Punch dough down.
13. Divide dough in half.
14. Shape each half into a loaf.
15. Place each loaf into a greased 8 1/2x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2-inch bread pan.
16. Cover; let rise in warm place till doubled, about an hour.
17. Combine 1 TBSP water and egg white. Brush tops of loaves with mixture.
18. Sprinkle with oatmeal.
19. Bake at 375°F for 40 minutes.
20. Remove from pans and cool on wire racks.