Description
Jump into bread baking with this homemade oatmeal raisin bread! Delicious for breakfast toast or your favorite sandwich.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 cup oats
- 1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
- 1/3 cup warm water
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 – 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup white whole wheat flour
- 2 tablespoons ground flax
- 3/4 cup golden raisins
- Cooking spray
- 2 tablespoons oats
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix together boiling water and oats. Set aside and let cool for 15 minutes.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine, yeast, warm water and 1 tablespoon honey. Let sit 10 minutes until yeast is frothy.
- Add in the oat mixture, the remaining 3 tablespoons honey, salt, 1 cup all-purpose flour, 1 cup whole wheat flour and ground flax. If using a stand mixer, use dough hook to mix dough. Otherwise, mix thoroughly by hand.
- Add in remaining 1/2 – 3/4 cup flour to form a soft dough. Mix in raisins.
- Knead with dough hook or by hand on a floured surface for 5 minutes.
- Roll into a ball and put in a greased bowl. Cover and let sit in warm place for 1 hour.
- Punch down down and shape into a bread loaf. Place into a 8 x 4 x 2-in coated loaf pan.
- Cover and let rise for 45 – 60 more minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray top of loaf with cooking spray and sprinkle on 2 tablespoons of oats. Bake in oven for 50 – 55 minutes, until golden brown.
- Let cool on rack in pan for 10 minutes, turn out and cool completely before slicing.