made by Rachel
This bread is A M A Z I N G. All hail King Arthur. Seriously. I grew up loving Pepperidge Farm Oatmeal bread and this tastes so similar, except it is better cause you can eat it warm out of the oven! The recipe is from King Arthur Flour, and since I am new to baking bread, I didn't mess with the recipe at all.
You will need:
3 cups unbleached bread flour (preferably King Arthur Flour brand)
1 cup old fashioned rolled oats
2 Tbs salted butter
1 1/2 tsp salt
3 Tbs brown sugar or honey (I have made it both ways and both taste wonderful)
2 tsp instant yeast (or 1 packet active dry yeast dissolved in the lukewarm milk)
1 1/4 cups lukewarm milk (I used whole once and 2% once, both tasted the same)
How to make it:
In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine all of the ingredients, kneading with the dough hook for 5 minutes.
Put the dough in a lightly greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let it to rest for 1 hour.
On a lightly oiled surface, and shape the dough into a log. Place the log in a lightly greased 9 x 5-inch loaf pan, lightly cover the pan with plastic wrap and let rise for 90 minutes.
During the last 30 minutes of rising, preheat your oven to 350F. Bake for 35-40 min or until a thermometer reads 190 degrees when inserted to the center of the loaf. If the bread appears to be browning too quickly, tent it with aluminum foil for the final 10 minutes of baking.
IMPORTANT - be sure to eat at least one piece while the bread is warm. Slap on some butter and enjoy! It's soooo wonderful!
