Keeping with my "make your own food" theme I've made a couple of loaves of homemade bread lately. I wanted to make bread that was as healthy as possible but light enough that the kids would like it. I got my first recipe from my cousin. This one was originally Molasses Oat bread but I substituted Honey for the Molasses and substituted 2/3 Whole Wheat flour for the AP flour.
Yesterday morning we ate the Honey Oat Bread with Strawberry/Blackberry jam that I canned on Friday with some friends (pics and recipes on canning to follow in another blog entry). It was the best breakfast I've had in a while!
Honey Oat BreadIngredients
2 cups boiling water
1 cup quick oats
1 tablespoon yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon butter
4 cups Whole Wheat Flour
2 cups Bread flour
Directions
Pour boiling water over oats and let stand about 1/2 hour.
Sprinkle yeast and 1 tsp sugar into warm water. Let stand 10 minutes, then stir.
Add honey, sugar, salt and butter to the cooled oatmeal; blend well.
Stir in dissolved yeast.
Add enough flour to make a soft dough.
Turn out on floured board and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
Place in a greased bowl; turn to grease top.
Cover with a clean towel and let rise in a warm place until double -- about 1 hour.
Punch down and knead lightly for 2 minutes.
Divide dough in half and shape into loaves. Place in greased pans.
Cover and let rise until double.
Bake at 400 degrees 45 -55 minutes.
Note* If bread darkens too much for your liking while baking -- cover with a piece of tin foil -- shiny side up. This will help it from darkening any further.
This is a sweet bread and the kids loved it! I wanted to try another variation of Whole Wheat bread that wasn't quite so sweet so I took a recipe I found online and modified it to be more healthy. This one was also a hit with the kids and the adults and was much less sweet...more of a standard whole wheat bread recipe. Yum!
Standard Whole Wheat Bread
Ingredients
1 cup warm water
2 teaspoon active dry yeast
1 Tbs sugar
1 C rolled oats
1 C boiling water
2 Tbs butter
1/2 cup honey
2 tsp salt
2 C bread flour
2 C Whole Wheat Flour
1/3 C Flax seed meal
1/3 C Wheat Germ
Directions
Pour boiling water over oats and let stand about 15 min.
Sprinkle yeast and sugar into warm water. Let stand 10 minutes, then stir.
Add honey and butter to the cooled oatmeal; blend well.
Stir in dissolved yeast.
Mix flours, Wheat Germ, Flax seed meal and salt.
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix to make a soft dough.
Turn out on floured board and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
Place in a greased bowl; turn to grease top.
Cover with a clean towel and let rise in a warm place until double -- about 1 hour.
Punch down and knead lightly for 2 minutes.
Divide dough in half and shape into loaves. Place in greased pans.
Cover and let rise until double.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45-55 minutes.
Honey Oat BreadIngredients
2 cups boiling water
1 cup quick oats
1 tablespoon yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon butter
4 cups Whole Wheat Flour
2 cups Bread flour
Directions
Pour boiling water over oats and let stand about 1/2 hour.
Sprinkle yeast and 1 tsp sugar into warm water. Let stand 10 minutes, then stir.
Add honey, sugar, salt and butter to the cooled oatmeal; blend well.
Stir in dissolved yeast.
Add enough flour to make a soft dough.
Turn out on floured board and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
Place in a greased bowl; turn to grease top.
Cover with a clean towel and let rise in a warm place until double -- about 1 hour.
Punch down and knead lightly for 2 minutes.
Divide dough in half and shape into loaves. Place in greased pans.
Cover and let rise until double.
Bake at 400 degrees 45 -55 minutes.
Note* If bread darkens too much for your liking while baking -- cover with a piece of tin foil -- shiny side up. This will help it from darkening any further.
This is a sweet bread and the kids loved it! I wanted to try another variation of Whole Wheat bread that wasn't quite so sweet so I took a recipe I found online and modified it to be more healthy. This one was also a hit with the kids and the adults and was much less sweet...more of a standard whole wheat bread recipe. Yum!
Standard Whole Wheat Bread
Ingredients
1 cup warm water
2 teaspoon active dry yeast
1 Tbs sugar
1 C rolled oats
1 C boiling water
2 Tbs butter
1/2 cup honey
2 tsp salt
2 C bread flour
2 C Whole Wheat Flour
1/3 C Flax seed meal
1/3 C Wheat Germ
Directions
Pour boiling water over oats and let stand about 15 min.
Sprinkle yeast and sugar into warm water. Let stand 10 minutes, then stir.
Add honey and butter to the cooled oatmeal; blend well.
Stir in dissolved yeast.
Mix flours, Wheat Germ, Flax seed meal and salt.
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix to make a soft dough.
Turn out on floured board and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
Place in a greased bowl; turn to grease top.
Cover with a clean towel and let rise in a warm place until double -- about 1 hour.
Punch down and knead lightly for 2 minutes.
Divide dough in half and shape into loaves. Place in greased pans.
Cover and let rise until double.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45-55 minutes.
i'd like to try both of these... do either strike you as making a sufficient 'sandwich' bread? pretty sure my kids would go into some sort of shock if they didn't have something to smear pb&j on.
ReplyDeletethe standard whole wheat bread is totally sandwich bread for any kind of sandwich. The Honey oat bread would be a little too sweet for say ham cheese but would be great for PB&J.
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