Maple Oatmeal Breakfast Bread
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Serves: 2 loaves
 
Ingredients
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 1 cup old fashioned oats
  • ⅓ cup brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon instant dry yeast
  • 1½ cups bread flour
  • 4 cups whole wheat flour
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, combine the boiling water, old fashioned oats, brown sugar, maple syrup, honey, butter, salt, and cinnamon. Stir, set the bowl aside, and let the oatmeal mixture cool to lukewarm.
  2. When the oat mix has cooled, stir in the yeast and then the flours with a sturdy wooden spoon until a shaggy dough forms.
  3. On a clean work surface, knead the dough for about 10 minutes, dusting the surface with bread flour occasionally if the dough gets too sticky. The dough will be smooth and a bit satiny.
  4. Form a ball and transfer the dough to a lightly greased bowl (butter, cooking spray, a bit of olive oil- whatever suits), cover the bowl loosely with plastic wrap and let the dough rise for 1 hour.
  5. Grease two 8½ X 4½ loaf pans (you can use a larger loaf pan but your bread won't be as tall). Divide the risen dough in half, shape into two loaves, and situate the dough in the prepared loaf pans. Cover each pan loosely with GREASED plastic wrap and let the dough rise for another hour, or until it's about an inch above the rim of the pan.
  6. Preheat the oven to 350.
  7. When the dough has risen, uncover and bake for 35 minutes.
  8. Remove the loaves from the oven when they are golden brown. Let the bread cool slightly before turning out of the pans. Slice with a sharp serrated knife to avoid smushing your pretty bread.
  9. This bread is best served warm, but it will keep, wrapped tightly, for up to a week (if it lasts that long).
Recipe by Sugar Dish Me at https://www.sugardishme.com/maple-oatmeal-breakfast-bread/