Written by Kate TietjeI had some extra oat flour I’d ground and thought, hmm…I should throw it into this bread I’m making. I didn’t love my old standby recipe as much anymore, especially after adapting it for soaking. I decided to try a new recipe, specifically designed to be easy to soak and to use up what I had around.
Wow.
It was so good we ate up the batch in about a day. Two loaves. We haven’t eaten bread like that in a couple of years now. But it was that good. I made another batch — gone in a day. I made a double batch! That’s when I took these pictures.
It is the perfect loaf. It is lightly sweet, soft on the inside, and crunchy/crispy on the outside. I can’t even describe the texture, really… but it is amazing. It slices fairly well once cooled so that it can be used for sandwiches. We keep eating it with butter or olive oil dip, so I don’t know. I’ve also made breadcrumbs from it and used them for meatloaf.
Make it. It’s awesome.
Honey Oat Bread
Ingredients:
- 4 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 cup oat flour
- ½ cup honey
- ¾ cup coconut oil
- 1 3/4 cups water
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp. sea salt
- 1 tbsp. yeast
Directions:
Step 1: In a large bowl, mix yeast, honey, and water and let it sit for 5 minutes to proof.
Step 2: Add whole wheat flour, oat flour, honey, melted coconut oil, eggs (lightly beaten) and salt.
Step 3: Mix until it forms a moderately stiff dough.
Step 4: Turn it out onto a floured board to knead. Knead the dough for about 10 minutes, adding enough flour to get a smooth, elastic, no longer sticky dough. It will stick to your hands a lot initially…and then it shouldn’t be much at all.
Step 5: Put the dough back in the bowl and set it to rise until doubled, 1 – 2 hours.
Step 6: Punch the dough down and divide it in half. Shape roughly into loaves (this doesn’t matter too much) and put into two greased loaf pans.
Step 7: Let this rise in a warm place for about one hour. The bread should double and crest the tops of the pan.
Step 8: Bake at 350ºF for 40 – 50 minutes, until golden brown and hollow-sounding when tapped.
Your bread is done! Slice and enjoy. (Do be aware if you slice it while it’s hot, it is much more likely to fall apart. It’s best to let it sit for 20 minutes or so until it’s cooled some. But of course, there’s nothing like a warm slice of bread with butter!)
Honey Oat Bread
Ingredients
- 4 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 cup oat flour
- ½ cup honey
- ¾ cup coconut oil
- 1 3/4 cups water
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp. sea salt
- 1 tbsp. yeast
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix yeast, honey, and water and let it sit for 5 minutes to proof.
- Add whole wheat flour, oat flour, honey, melted coconut oil, eggs (lightly beaten) and salt.
- Mix until it forms a moderately stiff dough.
- Turn it out onto a floured board to knead. Knead the dough for about 10 minutes, adding enough flour to get a smooth, elastic, no longer sticky dough. It will stick to your hands a lot initially...and then it shouldn't be much at all.
- Put the dough back in the bowl and set it to rise until doubled, 1 - 2 hours.
- Punch the dough down and divide it in half. Shape roughly into loaves (this doesn't matter too much) and put into two greased loaf pans.
- Let this rise in a warm place for about one hour. The bread should double and crest the tops of the pan.
- Bake at 350ºF for 40 - 50 minutes, until golden brown and hollow-sounding when tapped.
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How do you soak dough? Do you add water or something, or just leave it as is?
It looks like easy to make. I hope you can share us some videos it must be easier to learn from it. Thank you!
You want videos on how to make bread? Hmm…. 🙂
sounds awesome!! Could this be made gluten-free? I am allergic to gluten but am always looking for homemade bread recipes! THanks!
Ashley, I’m not sure. You could try brown rice and sorghum flour and add chia seeds to it. I haven’t tried it though so I am not sure how it would work.
I love my Honey Oat Bread recipe too! It’s the best bread ever…..it has such a nice flavor and it pairs well with almost every single meal. 🙂
I noticed our recipes are similar…the same ingredients in different proportions. That wasn’t intentional! 🙂 It is super yummy!
Hi! I’ve never soaked bread. How do you do that? Thank you!
Erin, the soaking directions are included here. 🙂 If you follow the recipe exactly, it will soak! Mixing the flour, oil, honey, and water the night before “soaks” the bread (it doesn’t, the way I used to think, have to be sitting in a bunch of water to soak!). I hope you enjoy it!
Hi Kate,
There is no acidic medium, so what exactly is “soaking” it besides the water?
I’m asking, because I don’t know if maybe you accidentally left it out and I would really like to try this recipe; it looks great!
Thank you!
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First off- YUM. Just yum. Hubby and I devoured the first loaf of this in lerss than 3 minutes. Delicious. Thank you.
Secondly- I do have a questions. I’ve been soaking my grains for a couple motnhs now, and while things like soaked crackers, tortillas, and granola always work out fine, for some reason, my soaked breads (this one included), just do not cook all the way. I always cook for longer than the recommended cooking time, and there’s a big raw, soggy spot in the middle. I usually just cook an extra long, long, long time so that the outsides get a little too toasty, but at least I’m not eating raw dough in the very middle. Does this ever happen to anyone else? If I make an unsoaked recipe, it turns out fine, so I don’t think it’s my oven. It only happens to soaked bread dough. It’s a shame, because I like the ideas behind soaking, but I’d rather serve cooked bread lol. Any tips would helpful!
Are you using freshly ground flour, or store-bought? That’s the only difference I can think of. I always use freshly ground and have never had soaked bread turn out that way.
I am by no means a soaking expert, but I make more bread than the average human (by a whole lot!) so I would suggest turning your oven up by 15-25 degrees and adding time in 5 minute increments. Not sure why soaking would change the baking time, but hopefully you’ll figure out how to fix it 🙂
Making this again. It is tasty!!! Thanks for such an easy and tasty bread recipe!!
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Kate- I do buy my flour pre-ground. I’m saving up for a mill, but until then, we buy Prairie Gold flour from our local co-op. I didn’t realize that could make such a difference in a soaked bread, but like you said, that’s the only difference I can think of… 🙂
I’m trying this out and it didn’t rise either time. What did I do wrong? My dough looks darker than the one in the picture.
I am loving this bread and so is my family! Quick question…do you grind your own wheat and if so, what grinder do you use? (I guess that’s 2 questions. ;-)) I’m wanting to get one, but having a hard time choosing.
Thank you for this wonderful recipe. I made this into one loaf and 12 dinner rolls, it came out really nice. The only thing I changed was that I sustituted half a cup of water for half a cup of whey. As far a I understand you need an acid component (whey, lemon juice, vinegar) for the soaking process to work. Or is this only for beans?
First time making this recipe but I have made other soaked grain breads before. This is now my fave. Light texture, slices great, amazing taste. Lets hope the next batch comes out as well, if it is consistently good this will be my new go to bread recipe. Thank you so much.
Could this recipe be made in a bread maker or do you have a similar recipe for a bread maker?
Thanks!
Thank you for posting this! I gave it a try and it turned out well though was a bit dry for my tastes. That could also be because our house is currently around 20% humidity. 🙂 I’m going to make it again add a bit more liquid like you suggest.
Hi Kate,
First of all, I love your blog. Thank you for all you do. I have been following since this fall and I’ve started gradually eating all whole foods with my husband. You really do your research and I appreciate that! I love to learn and also love blogs, but some of them seem like they just make things up. Thanks for posting where you find all your information. That saves me a lot of time, and with all this researching to find what I can actually eat, use on my body, take as medicine, and then where I can get it all, it adds up to a lot of time, so I appreciate it! I’m also a health professional (exercise for older adults), so I understand the importance of good research.
For my next task I’d like to try homemade bread, since Great Harvest is just too expensive all the time, although it is super delicious. 🙂 I already have yeast but it is Red Star active dry yeast. It has “sorbitan monostearate” in it, which I’m pretty positive is not a good ingredient. 🙁 What brand of yeast do you purchase for your family, and where do you get it? (natural foods store, online, amish community?)
Thank you in advance! (and I can’t wait to try your recipe!!)