Kitchenaid Honey Oatmeal Bread Recipes

Steps:

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

Steps:

• 1. In bowl of a stand mixer, combine oats, flour, yeast and salt. In a 2 cup measuring cup, warm milk in microwave until hot, but NOT boiling. Add butter. Stir to melt. Stir in lukewarm water and honey. ( I slightly warmed my honey to make it easier to pour.)
• 2. Pour the milk mixture into the flour mixture. Mix with dough hook until incorporated, scraping sides of bowl if necessary. On setting 2 of a KitchenAid mixer, knead for 5 minutes. If dough climbs the dough hook excessively, add flour 1 TB. at a time until dough cleans sides and bottom of bowl. You want it to be slightly sticky, not gooey. It's ok if it climbs the hook, as long as the dough cleans the sides and bottom of the bowl. (You want it to be a little sticky to the touch because the dough will pick up more flour later when you shape your loaves.)
• 3. Place dough in buttered bowl, turning once to coat. Cover loosely with sprayed saran wrap. Place in a warm, draft-free area until doubled in size. (About an hour... depends on temp.) I like to turn my oven on to 200 degrees and place the covered bowl on a hot pad on top of the stove.
• 4. When doubled, dust counter lightly with flour, 2-3 TB. should do. Punch your beautiful, fluffy dough down, then fold in half 2-3 times, pressing out the air bubbles. Divide dough in half and form loaves. (If your new to bread making, take a minute to learn "how to shape bread loaves" online. There are some great YouTube videos as well that give great tips. It's a really important step for beautiful looking loaves.) Place in two 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 buttered or sprayed loaf pans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=859Wn3RIJrI
• 5. Lightly grease top of loaves with a little very soft butter and cover loosely with sprayed saran wrap. Let rise until loaf is 1-1 1/2 " above pan. Rising too much will produce a very airy bread that won't slice well. Rising too little, will produce a dense, heavy loaf. Again, somewhere around 45-60 minutes, depending on the temp of your kitchen.
• 6. When 1-1 1/2" above pan, bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes. Watch closely since every oven is different. To know if it's done, I remove one of the loaves from the oven and tilt it into my hot pad covered hand. Just tilt it, don't remove it from the pan. Look at the bottom. If it's a nice golden brown, it's ready. If it's still pale-looking, return it to the oven for a few minutes and repeat. (If you take it out when it's not golden, it will not be sturdy enough to hold the bread up when you cool on wire racks.)
• 7. When the bottom is a golden brown, remove immediately from pans and cool completely on wire racks. Don't cut for a few hours, or you won't get nice slices. (Sometimes, I even wait until the next day.) Brush tops of loaves with a little melted butter. Enjoy!

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine boiling water, oats, 1/2 cup honey, butter and salt. Let stand for 1 hour.
• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
• Pour the yeast mixture into the oat mixture. Add 2 cups of flour; mix well. Stir in the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 20 minutes. Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
• Deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into two equal pieces and form into loaves. Place the loaves into two lightly greased 9x5 inch loaf pans. Cover the loaves with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in volume, about 40 minutes.
• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the bottom of the loaf sounds hollow when tapped. Remove loaves from pans, brush tops of loaves with 2 tablespoons honey and sprinkle with oats.

Steps:

• Place water, honey, and margarine in small saucepan.
• Heat over low heat until mixture is very warm (120-130°F).
• Place 5 cups flour, oats, salt and yeast in mixer bowl.
• Mix with dough hook on speed 2 (low) about 15 seconds.
• Continue mixing, gradually adding warm water mixture and mix for 1 minute.
• Add eggs and mix 1 minute longer.
• Still on speed 2, add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, and mix about 2 minutes, or until dough clings to hook and cleans side of bowl.
• Knead on speed 2 about 2 minutes longer.
• Place dough in greased bowl, turning to grease top.
• Cover.
• Let rise in warm place, free from draft, about 1 hour, or until doubled.
• Punch dough down and divide in half.
• Shape each half into a loaf.
• Place in greased 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch baking pan.
• Beat egg white and water together with a fork.
• Brush top of loaves with mixture.
• Sprinkle with oatmeal.
• Bake at 375°F for 40 minutes.
• Remove from pans immediately and cool on wire racks.

Steps:

• Combine ingredients in breadmaker per your manufacturer's instructions.
• You can replace 2 cups white bread flour with 2 cups whole wheat flour but include 1 tbsp vital wheat gluten (the original recipe suggested this).
• Makes a moist, sweet loaf.
• NOTE: cook time is for the basic/white cycle (medium crust; 1½ lb loaf) using a BreadmanPlus bread machine; your machine may differ.

Steps:

• In bread machine pan, place all ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select basic bread setting. Choose crust color and loaf size if available. Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5 minutes; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed).