Bread Baking: Oat Bread

Name: Bread Baking: Oat Bread
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 394 milliliters ounces (about bread flour; 1 Egg wash egg, beaten with a bit of water); 2 teaspoons instant yeast; 57 grams 1/2 cup oat flour; 1 Tbsp olive oil (and more for drizzling); 28 grams 1/4 cup quick cooking oats (plus more for topping); 1 teaspoon salt; 237 milliliters lukewarm water

This recipe makes 8 servings with 170 calories, 7g of protein, and 4g of fat each. If 30 cents per serving falls in your budget, Bread Baking: Oat Bread might be an awesome dairy free and vegetarian recipe to try. A mixture of cooking oats, salt, water, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 3 hours.

Instructions

In the bowl of your stand mixer, combine the oats, oat flour, yeast, and water. Set aside until it gets bubbly, about 10 minutes.

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Oat Flour

Water

Yeast

Oats

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Add the bread flour and knead with the dough hook until the mixture is elastic. It will be a little lumpy from the oats, so it won't be completely smooth, but it should be nicely stretchy.

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Bread Flour

Dough

Oats

Add the salt and oil and continue kneading until both are fully incorporated.

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Salt

Cooking Oil

Form the dough into a bowl, drizzle with a bit of olive oil, and return it to the bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set aside until doubled in size, about an hour.

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Olive Oil

Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and sprinkle some cornmeal on the bottom of a loaf pan, if desired. (I used a 9x5, but a smaller size would work as well.)

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Cornmeal

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Loaf Pan

Oven

Flour your work surface lightly and knead the dough, the form it into a log that will fit into the bread pan you're using.

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Bread

Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Loaf Pan

Place it in the pan seam-side down. Cover the pan with plastic wrap and set aside until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Frying Pan

Brush the loaf with the egg wash and sprinkle with oats. Slash as desired and bake at 350 degrees until nicely browned, about 35 minutes. Cool completely on a rack before slicing.

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Oats

Egg