Honey, Oat Bread recipe

Features for "Honey, Oat Bread"

Served as main course. Vegetarian dish.

Ingredients for "Honey, Oat Bread"   (Click here for measurement conversion)

6 cup Bread Flour
1 cup Quick cooking Oats
2 Packages Active Dry Yeast
2 teaspoon Salt
1 3/4 cup Water
1/3 cup Honey or Brown Sugar
1/4 cup Butter, melted
2 Egg, beaten slightly

GLAZE
1 Tablespoon Water, mix with Egg
1 Egg White
2 Tablespoon Oat Bran for top

Options
Sesame seed or rolled Oats or nothing

Method for "Honey, Oat Bread"

In a large bowl, stir together water and Brown Sugar or Honey. Sprinkle with Yeast and stir until it has dissolved. Stir in Oats. Let the mixture stand for 15 minutes to let the Oat flour mix absorb liquid. Do all in a Kitchen aid mixer if available. Add oil or butter and eggs. Mix very well. Stir in Salt. One cup at a time, mix in flour until the dough becomes too difficult to stir. Turn out on to a well floured work surface and knead until smooth and elastic, adding flour only as necessary to keep from sticking, about 8 minutes. It takes 4 or 5 minutes on the Kitchen aid. This recipe usually takes 6 full cups of flour. To Freeze:- place the 1/2 recipe of this dough into an oiled labeled gallon plastic freezer bag. Squeeze all of the air out of the bag and seal tightly. Freeze at once. To use:- defrost several hours until dough rises to double its frozen bulk, then proceed. Proceed with the half recipe of dough. Place the dough in a large well oiled bowl. Cover with plastic wrap, or a moist towel. Let the dough rise in a warm draft free place. Check the rise at 45 minutes, the perfect place rises this bread in 45 minutes. Punch dough down. If you are doing this entire recipe, divide the dough in half. Shape each half into a loaf. This also makes a nice round loaf with a crunchy crust. Pan Loaf making:- beginning at one narrow end, tightly roll up the dough to form a loaf. Pinch seam edge into dough to seal. Lightly oil a loaf pan. Meanwhile, place oven rack in the lower third of the oven; preheat to 375 degrees F. Place each loaf in a prepared 8 1/2 inch X 4 1/2 inch X 2 1/2 inch loaf pan, seam side down. Cover, let it rise in a warm place free from drafts, until doubled in bulk, about 45 minutes . Check the rise at 35 minutes, the perfect place rises this bread in the pan, in 35 minutes. In a small bowl, whisk egg white with one Tablespoon of water. Brush a little of the egg white mixture over the top of the loaf and sprinkle with 2 Tablespoon Oat Bran, or sesame seeds just before placing in the oven. Bake for 35 minutes on a baking stone or 40 minutes in the bread pan. To make the crust even crustier, spray the top of the loaf with water, and liberally spray the inside of the over at 5 minute intervals and or place a water filled pie pan in the oven on a lower rack than the bread.

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Yields: 2 loaves

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