Oatmeal Bread

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cups old-fashioned rolled oats

  divided
• ½ cup vegetable shortening or lard
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1 packet (.25-ounce) active dry yeast

  (or 2 ¼ teaspoons)
• ½ cup water, lukewarm
• ¾ cup pure maple syrup

  (or honey)
• 2 large eggs

  room temperature
• 5-5/1/2 cups bread or all-purpose flour
• 1 cup wheat germ

  (or spelt wheat flour)
• 1 large egg

  for egg wash
• 1 teaspoon water
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar

Instructions

• 1 In a large bowl, combine 1 cup of the oats, shortening, and salt. In a saucepan,
  bring the milk to a gentle boil. Pour hot milk over the oat mixture. Stir,
  cover, and cool to lukewarm.
• 2 Dissolve the yeast in lukewarm water, set aside.
• 3 In a bowl of a stand mixer or in large mixing bowl using a Danish dough whisk,
  combine the maple syrup, eggs, and dissolved yeast with the oatmeal mixture.
• 4 Using a dough hook, stir in 4 cups of the flour and wheat germ until combined.
  Add more flour as needed. (This dough will be STICKY!!)
• 5 Use a plastic bench scraper to turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work
  surface. Knead the bread for 3-4 minutes.
• 6 Form into a ball and place into a greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap or
  disposable plastic shower cap and let rise in a warm place until doubled. (about
  1 to 1 ½ hours)
• 7 Grease three (9×5-inch) loaf pans and set aside. Or two (10×5-inch) loaf pans.
• 8 Punch down the dough and shape into loaves. Transfer to the prepared pans.
• 9 Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled. (about 30 minutes to
  1 hour)
• 10 Make a cut on the top, lengthwise of each loaf with a sharp serrated knife or a
  bread lame. Brush each loaf with the beaten egg and sprinkle with the remaining
  ¼ cup rolled oats and brown sugar.
• 11 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Bake loaves for 35-40 minutes, until golden
  brown. until the outside is golden brown and internal temperature is 195-200
  degrees.
• 12 Let cool for 10 minutes. Remove from bread pans and let cool completely on a
  baking rack.

Nutrition Info