Grandma's Scotch Oatmeal Bread
A hearty bread that is great for sandwiches, or all by itself slathered in real butter!
Equipment
- 2 Bread Pans
- 1 Large bowl
- Kitchen Aid mixer with dough hook
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Rolled Oats
- 1/4 Cup Organic Cane Sugar
- 1 Tbsp Salt
- 1/4 Cup Butter or Coconut Oil plus more for greasing pans and brushing bread when done
- 3 Tbsp Molasses black strap or other dark variety
- 1 Cup Boiling Water
- 1 pkg Active Dry Yeast
- 1 Cup Warm Water
- 2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour
- 2-3 Cups All Purpose Flour I make sure to use organic unbleached
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
Instructions
- In the bowl of your Kitchen Aid mixer, or large bowl if you don't have a mixer, combine oatmeal, sugar, salt, butter, molasses and boiling water.Cool to lukewarm
- In a small bowl, combine yeast and warm water, stirring until the yeast is dissolved.Add the yeast mixture to the oatmeal mixture once the oatmeal mixture is cooled to lukewarm.
- With the dough hook on the mixer, or by hand with a sturdy spoon, add wheat flour, one cup at a time, and then white flour until the dough pulls away from the sides and bottom of the bowl and is slightly tacky to the touch. Kneed for 8-10 min with the mixer or by hand, until smooth and elastic. When you poke the dough with your finger, it should spring right back most of the way.
- Take a large warm bowl and pour in olive oil.Place the dough in the bowl turning to coat the outside. Cover the bowl with a towel and place it in a warm place away from drafts to raise until doubled in size. I like to put it in the oven with the oven light on. This usually takes about an hour and a half to two and a half hours depending on how warm the area is.
- Oil and flour the bread pans while the dough is raising to prepare for the next steps.
- Gently turn the dough out of the bowl and cut it in half. Gently shape into two loaves, tucking the edges of the dough underneath, and place the dough into two loaf pans.Place in a warm area, covered with the towel and let raise until doubled in size again, another 1-1.5 hours.
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees (take the loaves out if they are in there to rise lol)Bake for 30-40 minutes, until the crust is golden brown. Once done baking, turn the loaves out of the pans and brush them with butter all over. Enjoy! Let me know what your think if you try it!
