Southern Molasses Oatmeal Bread

dianalv · 03-14-2010, 04:32 PM

Easy, healthy and delicious! A great breakfast, dinner or sandwich bread.

Ingredients:
2 cups of boiling milk
1 cup of steel cut Irish oats
2 teaspoons of salt
1 egg
1/2 cup of dark molasses, slightly warmed
4 tablespoons of grape seed, almond or walnut oil
2 cups of oat bran flour
3-3 1/2 cups of bread flour
2 packets of yeast
1/2 cup of warm water
2 teaspoons of raw or brown sugar

Method:
1. Add oatmeal to hot milk and let stand for two hours.
2. Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water.
3. Mix yeast and other ingredients with oatmeal, starting with wet ingredients first. Knead until smooth and elastic. I do this in a Kitchen Aid with the bread hook, adding the oat bran flour and the first 2 cups of bread flour first and working in the rest gradually.
4. Form into 3 to 4 elongated loaves and place on very lightly greased cookie sheet, or on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Alternatively, you can form into two large loaves and place in loaf pans.
5. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size (about an hour).
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 45 minutes, depending on size of loaves and individual ovens.

Notes: The original recipe calls for shortening. I substitute the nut oils for a healthier and more flavorful bread. I also knead the bread, but according to the original recipe, that isn't necessary. To make the bread pretty, you can brush the loaves with a milk wash (1 T of milk and 1 T of water) and then sprinkle oats over the top.

pinecone70 · 03-14-2010, 04:46 PM

That sounds fantastic! I will try it when I bake next time. Good idea on the nut oil too, I bet it makes a difference in taste.

dianalv · 03-14-2010, 05:14 PM

Actually the original recipe calls for all white flour too, but I use oat bran flour and bread flour instead. The almond oil is my favorite. I use sorghum molasses when I can get it.

Crpdeth · 03-14-2010, 07:04 PM

Sounds really good... Thanks!

Crpdeth

Zane71464 · 03-15-2010, 05:15 AM

Man, that does sound good!
I'll have to give it a shot if and ever I get back in the baking mood. (which is very seldom)

Hunting Man · 03-17-2010, 02:16 PM

Thats now on my list, thanks!

big steve · 03-17-2010, 04:24 PM

wow that does sound good

03-14-2010, 04:32 PM	#1
dianalv Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 1,160	Southern Molasses Oatmeal Bread Easy, healthy and delicious! A great breakfast, dinner or sandwich bread. Ingredients: 2 cups of boiling milk 1 cup of steel cut Irish oats 2 teaspoons of salt 1 egg 1/2 cup of dark molasses, slightly warmed 4 tablespoons of grape seed, almond or walnut oil 2 cups of oat bran flour 3-3 1/2 cups of bread flour 2 packets of yeast 1/2 cup of warm water 2 teaspoons of raw or brown sugar Method: 1. Add oatmeal to hot milk and let stand for two hours. 2. Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. 3. Mix yeast and other ingredients with oatmeal, starting with wet ingredients first. Knead until smooth and elastic. I do this in a Kitchen Aid with the bread hook, adding the oat bran flour and the first 2 cups of bread flour first and working in the rest gradually. 4. Form into 3 to 4 elongated loaves and place on very lightly greased cookie sheet, or on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Alternatively, you can form into two large loaves and place in loaf pans. 5. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size (about an hour). 6. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 45 minutes, depending on size of loaves and individual ovens. Notes: The original recipe calls for shortening. I substitute the nut oils for a healthier and more flavorful bread. I also knead the bread, but according to the original recipe, that isn't necessary. To make the bread pretty, you can brush the loaves with a milk wash (1 T of milk and 1 T of water) and then sprinkle oats over the top. -->

03-14-2010, 04:46 PM	#2
pinecone70 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Minnesota Gal! Posts: 4,730	Re: Southern Molasses Oatmeal Bread That sounds fantastic! I will try it when I bake next time. Good idea on the nut oil too, I bet it makes a difference in taste. __________________ _____________________________________________ "Miss Scarlet, in the library...with a revolver...."

03-14-2010, 05:14 PM	#3
dianalv Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 1,160	Re: Southern Molasses Oatmeal Bread Actually the original recipe calls for all white flour too, but I use oat bran flour and bread flour instead. The almond oil is my favorite. I use sorghum molasses when I can get it.

03-14-2010, 07:04 PM	#4
Crpdeth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Location: Location Contributor Posts: 8,247	Re: Southern Molasses Oatmeal Bread Sounds really good... Thanks! Crpdeth __________________ Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer

03-15-2010, 05:15 AM	#5
Zane71464 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ohio NRA Member Contributor Posts: 5,348	Re: Southern Molasses Oatmeal Bread Man, that does sound good! I'll have to give it a shot if and ever I get back in the baking mood. (which is very seldom) __________________ Two Words; "Simple Man", song by Charlie Daniels sums up my thoughts on a "few things"!

03-17-2010, 02:16 PM	#6
Hunting Man Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NW ohio Posts: 49	Re: Southern Molasses Oatmeal Bread Thats now on my list, thanks!

03-17-2010, 04:24 PM	#7
big steve Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 622	Re: Southern Molasses Oatmeal Bread wow that does sound good __________________ I HAVE GIVEN YOU A REPUBLC IF YOU CAN KEEP IT "Benjamin Franklin"