Honey Oats Bread
It is december and we are back with another edition of Bake-a-thon. This marathon will be only for baked goods every alternate day. Come and enjoy all the baked goodies of all the marathoners!
For day 1 it is this perfect easy soft pillowy bread from Bakingdom.
This loaf is very easy to make. I have used the food
processor for kneading the dough. You can choose to knead it only by hand too.
processor for kneading the dough. You can choose to knead it only by hand too.
INGREDIENTS
Recipe source: Bakingdom.com
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All
purpose flour |
3 cups
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Oats
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3/4cup
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Milk(HOT)
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1cup
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Luke
warm Water |
1/4cup
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Active
Dry yeast |
2 ¼ tsp
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Sugar
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1tsp
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Honey
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1/4cup
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Butter
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2tsp
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Salt
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1 1/2tsp
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PREPARATION
Add sugar and yeast to the luke warm water. Keep it
aside for frothing
aside for frothing
Add Butter to the hot milk and mix well so that it
dissolves.Milk should be hot and not boiling
dissolves.Milk should be hot and not boiling
Now add the flour, oats, salt and mix in a food
processor or by hand
processor or by hand
Add the yeast mixture to this and mix again
Now add honey to this milk mixture and mix thoroughy
Add the milk mixture to the flour yeast mixture and
run the processor or start kneading by hand
run the processor or start kneading by hand
The dough texture will be like this
Now continue to knead either with the processor or
with the hand till the dough becomes soft and pliable.
with the hand till the dough becomes soft and pliable.
THE DOUGH WILL BE STICKY. PLEASE RESIST THE TEMPTATION
TO ADD MORE FLOUR. CONTINUED KNEADING WILL GIVE THE BEST RESULTSFOR A LOVELY
BREAD
TO ADD MORE FLOUR. CONTINUED KNEADING WILL GIVE THE BEST RESULTSFOR A LOVELY
BREAD
At this stage I took out the bread to a wooden board
and kneaded it for 5 more minutes(As my processor refused to knead anymore:-0 )
and kneaded it for 5 more minutes(As my processor refused to knead anymore:-0 )
Transfer this to a well oiled bowl, cover with a
kitchen towel and let it rest in a warm place for 1 hr for it to double
kitchen towel and let it rest in a warm place for 1 hr for it to double
Now take out the dough to a wooden board and pat it
into a rectangle approximately 9*5”
into a rectangle approximately 9*5”
Roll it into a cylinder, seal and tuck the sides in
Place the seam side down in a prepared loaf tin,
cover loosely and let it rise again for 45-50 minutes
cover loosely and let it rise again for 45-50 minutes
Preheat the oven to 180C
Brush the loaf with honey, sprinkle some oats on it
and bake it for 30-40 minutes or till the loaf starts to brown and sound hollow
on tapping
and bake it for 30-40 minutes or till the loaf starts to brown and sound hollow
on tapping
Take out the loaf and remove the loaf and transfer
the bread on a wire rack to cool
the bread on a wire rack to cool
Slice when completely cooled
Linking this soft bread to Bake-a-thon
Linking this soft bread to Bake-a-thon
Serve with honey /jam/butter
