Whole-Wheat Honey Oatmeal Bread
Servings: 4 loaves
Calories: 1263kcal
This was given us from a sister-in-law many years ago and has become our very favorite bread recipe! This bread doesn't crumble, and it stays moist for a week (if it is around that long)!
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Ingredients
Oatmeal Mixture
- 1/2 cup oatmeal
- 1 cup water
Bread Dough
- 3 cups warm water
- 1/2 cup honey divided
- 2 Tbsp instant yeast
- 4 Tbsp butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup granulated powdered milk (or 1/2 cup fine powdered milk)
- 1 Tbsp salt heaping
- 8-10 cups whole-wheat flour
Instructions
- For oatmeal mixture: Put oatmeal and water in a bowl; cook; cool to 110 degrees or lower
- Put 3 cups warm water in a mixing bowl. Add 1/4 cup honey, and yeast. Let stand for 5 minutes, or until yeast gets bubbly.
- Add to yeast mixture the butter, the rest of the honey, eggs, powdered milk, salt, cooked oatmeal, and 3 cups of the flour. Run mixer until this is very smooth.
- Add flour until dough doesn't stick to the bowl anymore but still has a little stick to it. Knead 5 minutes by mixer, or 10 minutes by hand.
- Put dough into a greased bowl. Let rise till doubled (30-45 mins).
- Turn dough onto floured surface. Divide and form into 4 loaves. Let rise in oven which has been preheated to 150 degrees then TURNED OFF!
- After 20-30 minutes, turn oven on to 325 degrees (DON'T OPEN THE OVEN BEFORE TURNING IT ON!). Set timer for 30-35 mins. It will preheat and cook your bread perfectly!
Nutrition
Calories: 1263kcal | Carbohydrates: 224g | Protein: 45g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 143mg | Sodium: 2005mg | Potassium: 1392mg | Fiber: 27g | Sugar: 48g | Vitamin A: 789IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 403mg | Iron: 10mg
From our Sage and Plow family to yours.