Moist Whole Wheat Oatmeal Bread Recipes

MOIST, LIGHT, & FLUFFY WHOLE WHEAT BREAD

Steps:

• In a medium-sized bowl, put 4 cups of the flour, the yeast, the dough enhancer, the vital wheat gluten, and the salt.
• In the mixer bowl (I mix mine in a Bosch mixer), put water, oil, honey, and lecithin.
• Add the dry ingredients from the bowl to the liquid in the mixer bowl.
• Beat with wire attachment until it forms a smooth batter. (About 3 minutes.)
• Place the dough hook on the mixer.
• Gradually add more flour and mix until it forms a soft dough. Continue mixing for about 10 minutes to knead the dough.
• Remove the dough from the bowl and form it into 3 loaves.
• Place in PAM-sprayed bread pans and spray the top of the loaves with PAM and allow to rise for about one hour.
• Preheat your oven to 350* and Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
• ** If you don't use all white-wheat flour, cut down on the baking time as it will brown more quickly. **You can use red wheat flour, but it is slightly heavier. I prefer using all white wheat flour or 1/2 white wheat and 1/2 red wheat flour, but any flour will work.

OATMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Add oats and butter to the bowl of a stand mixer or large mixing bowl. Heat milk to a simmer and pour on top, stirring to combine. Set aside for about 1.5 hours. Mixture should be at room temperature.
• Add honey, warm water, instant yeast, and salt to the bowl and stir well to combine. Add the whole wheat flour and mix on medium-low speed until combined. Add the all-purpose flour, a little at a time, until the dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl. Only add enough flour to make a dough that is soft, and not overly sticky (don't add too much flour!). Knead for a few minutes until smooth and elastic and scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed.
• First Rise: Transfer dough to a greased bowl and cover with a dish towel or plastic wrap. Allow to rise until double in size, about 1 hour.
• Punch down the dough and divide into two equal pieces. Shape into loaves and place in two lightly greased loaf pans. Make egg wash and gently brush some over the top of each loaf. Sprinkle a small handful of dry oats on top.
• Second rise: Cover with a well greased piece of plastic wrap gently laid on top and let rise in a warm place until risen about 1 inch over the loaf pans, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Carefully peel off the plastic wrap.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 - 40 minutes. Loaves are done when tapping lightly on the tops produces hollow sound (or when instant read thermometer registers 200° F). Cool for 15 minutes on wire rack, then turn out of pans and cool completely.

OAT WHOLE WHEAT BREAD

Steps:

• Warm the milk in a small saucepan to no more than 100 degrees F (40 degrees C). Sprinkle the yeast overtop and let stand until the yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam, about 5 minutes; stir in the sugar.
• Whisk the whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, oatmeal, and salt together in a mixing bowl. Make a well in the center and pour the milk mixture into the well. Stir until the dough has pulled together. Turn the dough out onto a lightly-floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
• Lightly oil a large bowl. Place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a light cloth and let rise in a warm place (80 to 95 degrees F (27 to 35 degrees C)) until doubled in volume, about 45 minutes.
• Grease 2 8x4-inch loaf pans. Deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly-floured surface. Use a knife to divide the dough into two equal pieces - don't tear it. Shape into dough rounds and let rest for 10 minutes. Form the dough into loaves and place into the prepared pans. Cover 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 until the top is golden brown and the bottom of the loaf sounds hollow when tapped, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

MOIST WHOLE WHEAT OATMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Place ingredients in breadmaker. Press start.

OATMEAL MOLASSES BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, add the oats and boiling water. Stir and let stand 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine the white sugar, lukewarm water and yeast in a small bowl. Stir to combine and let stand 10 minutes.
• Once oats have soaked, add the molasses, butter and egg to the bowl and stir to combine with a spoon or kneading hook on a mixer. Add the yeast mixture, whole wheat flour, salt and 1 1/2 cups of the all purpose flour.
• Use a spoon or kneading hook to mix in thoroughly. Continue by adding the last cup of flour, in small increments, adding only as much as needed to create a moist dough that wraps the kneading hook and cleans the bowl in spots. You may not need all of the last cup or you may need a bit more that 1 cup. Dough will be quite moist.
• Remove dough to a floured work surface and knead 1 minutes, adding additional flour if dough is sticking to hands or work surface. Form into a ball, place in a greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled in size, approximately 60-75 minutes.
• Remove dough to a floured work surface. Press to deflate, then divide into 2 equal pieces.
• Take one piece of the dough and roll into a 8 x 11-inch rectangle. Starting from the short side, roll the dough up jelly-roll style and pinch the seams to seal.
• Place into a greased 8 x 4-inch loaf pan. Repeat with the other piece of dough. **If you only have 9x5-inch loaf pans, you can use them here. Roll your dough into a slightly larger 9x12-inch rectangle, so it will fill the larger pan. Your resulting loaf will be wider and shorter and the cooking time may change, so watch closely.
• Cover the pans with greased plastic wrap or a clean tea towel and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375F (not fan-assisted), with rack in the centre of the oven.
• Once loaves are ready to bake, brush tops with beaten egg and sprinkle with additional rolled oats.
• Bake in preheated over for about 40 minutes, checking after about 25 minutes and covering the tops loosely with a sheet of aluminum foil if loaves are nicely browned already, to prevent over-browning. If you have an instant-read thermometer, baked loaves until the loaves read at least 200F when inserted into the centre of the loaf.
• Remove from oven and immediately remove loaves to a cooling rack to cool completely before slicing.

OATMEAL BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spread 1 1/2 cups oats in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Place in the oven and toast for 8 to 10 minutes, until very light golden and fragrant, stirring once halfway through. Set aside to cool. Line a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper so that two sides overhang like handles. Lightly mist with nonstick spray.
• In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in the toasted oats. Set aside.
• Mash the banana in the bottom of a large mixing bowl and double check to make sure you have 1 1/2 cups. Whisk in the honey, melted butter, milk, and Greek yogurt. If the butter resolidifies, warm the bowl in the microwave in 10-second bursts, just until it melts. One at a time, whisk in the eggs. Whisk in the vanilla extract.
• Add the dry ingredients to the banana-honey mixture. By hand with a rubber spatula, stir very slowly and gently, stopping as soon as the flour disappears. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top. Sprinkle the batter with remaining 1 tablespoon oats for decoration.
• Bake for 30 minutes, then loosely cover the pan with foil, making sure that the foil shields both ends of the pan (because the bread is sweetened with honey, it will caramelize and become dark at the corners). Continue baking for 35 to 45 additional minutes (65 to 75 minutes total) or until a small, thin knife inserted in the center of the loaf comes out without any wet batter clinging to it. Repeat the test once or twice. An even easier way to tell is to use an instant-read thermometer. When the bread reaches between 200 to 210 degrees F at the center, it's done.
• Place the pan on a wire rack, and let the bread cool in the pan for 1 hour. Using the parchment paper handles, lift the bread and set it out on the rack to finish cooling completely. Slice and enjoy!

WHOLE WHEAT WITH OAT BRAN BREAD

Steps:

• Measure ingredients in order listed into bread machine pan.
• I use a Grain setting and for 1 1/2 pound loaf.
• If the dough seems too dry when first mixing I add 1 T.
• coffee or water.

WHOLE WHEAT PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9x5 loaf pan with baking spray.
• In a large bowl whisk together eggs, vegetable oil, brown sugar, vanilla, and pumpkin puree.
• Sift together flour, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, baking soda, baking powder and salt and add it into the wet ingredients, whisking until just combined.
• Pour mixture into loaf pan and spread evenly.
• Bake for 50-55 minutes then let cool before removing.

BEST-EVER OATMEAL BROWN BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 8x4-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, mix flours, brown sugar, oats, the flaxseed, baking soda and salt. Stir in buttermilk just until mixed. Pour batter into pan. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon oats.
• Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on cooling rack 5 minutes. Remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours, before slicing.

OATMEAL WHOLE WHEAT QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Grind oatmeal in a food processor or blender. In a large bowl, combine oatmeal, flour, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, dissolve honey in vegetable oil then stir in the milk. Combine both mixtures and stir until a soft dough is formed. Form the dough into a ball and place on a lightly oiled baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven for about 20 minutes, or until bottom of loaf sounds hollow when tapped.

100% WHOLE-GRAIN OATMEAL BREAD FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• M​ix oats and whole-wheat flour in a bowl. Add the boiling water and stir. Stir in the honey, molasses, oil, and salt and let cool to lukewarm (about 1/2 hour or more). It's OK if it's room temperature, too.
• To the bowl, add the 1/4 teaspoon of instant yeast, the extra water and 1 cup of whole-wheat flour (e.g., whole-wheat white flour from King Arthur ). Stir until flour is wet and dough is homogeneous.
• Add more flour, 2 tablespoons at a time, and stir until a firm but sticky dough forms. Knead in the bowl when the dough is too stiff for a spoon. If the dough is still sticky when you turned it onto a lightly floured board, wet your hands with cold water for easier handling.
• Pat the dough into a 1-inch high rectangle. Knead by folding the dough over into thirds (like a letter) and then patting or pulling it back into a rectangle. Don't turn the dough 90 degrees. You want the gluten strands to line up in straight rows, which is hard enough with all that oatmeal and wheat bran .
• Fold it 2 more times, then dust with flour and cover with a clean cloth on the board in a cool place in the kitchen. For example, you can leave it from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m., folding it 2 more times at 2-hour intervals.
• After 3 to 4 hours at room temperature, gather the ungainly dough into a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap, and place it in a bowl in the refrigerator for up to 16 hours.
• Take dough out of refrigerator and fold 2 times on a floured board. Let rise until the chill comes off the dough and you see it get bigger in size.
• Form into a boule (round) or batard (long) shape, pulling the dough from the top to the underside and pinching closed on the bottom. Because of the oatmeal, this will not be smooth and the dough is still sticky at this point.
• Place the dough, top-side down, in a bowl (or on the baking sheet ) with a 1/4 cup of oatmeal in it and coat with oatmeal. Leave in proofing basket (e.g., a 2-quart Corningware vegetable bowl) until risen, about 2 hours. After the first hour, turn on the oven to heat to 450 F, preferably with a baking stone .
• Turn the loaf out onto a small piece of parchment paper or a floured baker's peel. Slash the top of the loaf with a sharp razor blade. You can slash a square pattern, for example.
• Place the loaf in the oven on the cornmeal- or flour-strewn stone and turn the oven temperature down to 400 F. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 190 F. Note: Those hard crusts you love are created with steam. You may create steam in the oven for the first 5 minutes. Heat an old roasting pan on the rack below the stone and pour 2 cups of boiling water in it right after you put the bread in the oven. Spray water the sides of the oven with a squirt bottle 2 or 3 times in the first 5 minutes. Turn oven down to 400 F and bake for 30 minutes or more until the internal temperature reaches 190 F. Bread steams itself dry, so let the bread cool for at least 2 hours before slicing or it may seem gummy inside.