I wrote the recipe both for the machine and manual versions. Of course, this is when I realize how much time I lost making it manually all these years while the bread machine waited in a box.
Ingredients for the bread machine:
1 cup water
1 tablespoon vegetable oil (you can use butter instead or both)
1/4 cup honey
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup rolled oats
2 1/3 cup flour
1.5 teaspoon dry yeast
- Put all liquid ingredients in the bread machine first.
- Add rolled oats and flour last
- Make a small "pool" with your fingers for the yeast and put yeast in (making sure it does not touch the liquid)
- Select light setting on the machine
- Takes 3 hours
Without a machine:
2 cups boiling water
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup honey
2 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons salt
1.5 teaspoon dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
4 cups flour
- In a large mixing bowl, combine boiling water, oats, 1/2 cup honey, butter and salt. Let stand for 1 hour.
- In a small cup, dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
- Mix yeast and oat mixture together. Add 2 cups of flour; mix well. Stir in the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. You may need all 4 cups or less. Just keep an eye to make a soft dough that is not too sticky.
- When the dough is ready, put it on a lightly floured board 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.
- Punch down the dough.
- Spray or grease a 2 lt pan (or use a non stick pan). Place the dough in the pan. If you like you can brush 1 tablespoon honey and sprinkle additional oats on top. Cover and let it sit another 40 minutes to rise.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Bake until top is golden brown (about 30 minutes).
- Remove loaves from pan and serve
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