This Honey Oatmeal Bread recipe is an all-time favorite! It’s light, airy, a touch sweet, and has a spongy crumb. It is an absolute perfect bread recipe!
HONEY OATMEAL BREAD
Being that I am gluten free, it might seem a little strange how much I make homemade bread, but I just love working with predictable, soft, pliable dough.
It’s familiar and I don’t have to have a chemistry minor to figure out how to make it, like gluten free bread can require.
My kids love this bread so much that they will ask for seconds of it instead of dessert. It’s airy, a touch sweet from the honey, and has a great spongy crumb.
Plus it’s so fast and easy to throw together in a KitchenAid mixer or Bosch Mixer.
If you are a serious bread maker, your life will be forever changed with a Bosch Mixer. KitchenAid mixers will definitely get the job done, especially if you have a larger sized one.
However, if you make a lot of bread in it, you will eventually burn out the motor. A Bosch Mixer is like the indestructible army tank of kitchen appliances. It is worth every penny and you will forever be indebted to the German geniuses who made them. Happy bread making!
If you are looking for a gluten free oatmeal bread, try oat flour bread recipe!
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Honey Oatmeal Bread
Ingredients
Instructions
- Combine oats, butter, boiling water, and salt. Cool to lukewarm (about 20 minutes).
- Stir in yeast. Add 2 eggs, honey, and 3 cups flour. Mix well.
- With dough hook on, add remaining flour until dough is smooth and clears the side of the bowl while mixing. The dough should be easy too handle and not too sticky to the touch. Knead about 8-10 minutes with dough hook.
- Place in greased bowl, and turn dough over so it is greased on all sides. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 60-90 minutes.
- Divide into two even balls and shape into two 5 1/2 X 9 inch greased bread pans. Cover and let rise again until doubled, about 60 minutes.
- In a small bowl whisk an additional egg with 1 tbsp. water. Brush over loaves and sprinkle with whole oats. Bake at 350ºF for 25-35 minutes or until loaf sounds hollow when tapped. Remove from pans immediately and cool.
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Marianne Heis says
Love this recipe , made also my buns out of it
Melissa says
Ohhh, what a great idea Marianne! I bet they were amazing!
Best,
Melissa
olivia says
Fantastic recipe – halved it for just two of us and made it almost completely verbatim (added an extra egg yolk). Really gorgeous crumb – dense yet tender – and the taste and texture was brilliant; just sweet and salty enough and the honey really shone through.
Definitely making again!
Melissa says
Thank you, Olivia! Glad you enjoyed it!
Best,
Melissa
Jann says
Can I use instant yeast in this recipe?
Melissa says
Hi Jann,
Yes, I use it all the time. Just use the same amount. Enjoy!
Best,
Melissa
Jacqui says
I made this bread today using honey straight from our bee hives and it was fantastic! So light and airy! I gave a loaf as a gift and kept the other for us! We nearly ate the whole thing straight out of the oven! I’ll be making this again ! It will make great Christmas gift to go along with a bottle of our honey!
Melissa says
Hi Jacqui,
Thank you so much for the raving review. I agree, I love recipes that make 2 loaves to give away one or freeze it for later. This would make the perfect homemade gift!
Best,
Melissa
Brenda Thibodeau says
I have been making bread for a long time and this recipe is fantastic. It is light a little not too sweet.
Melissa says
Hi Brenda,
I’m so glad you are enjoying it. I recently made it for my family on Easter and they all agree it’s yummy!
Best,
Melissa
Liz says
Beautiful big loaves, super easy and foolproof if your yeast is good. Perfect for toasting!! Definitely a keeper recipe!!
Nicole R. says
This is my family’s go to bread recipe and we love it! It is a no fail recipe and great for modifications (we use chia seed as an egg substitue). If you are looking for a bread recipe this is it!
Melissa says
Hi Nicole, I’m so glad this recipe is such a hit with your family. I really appreciate you letting me know about the egg substitution. That will be very helpful for others!
Best,
Melissa
Lauren Ervin says
Can this be made in bread machine?
Thank you for your wonderful recipes!
Melissa says
Hi Lauren,
I have to admit I am not well versed in bread machine making. However, I know my mom mixes up bread in the bread machine all the time and transfers it to bread pans to rise and bake. I’m sure that would work as well for this recipe. Hope this helps!
Best,
Melissa
mrsmcduck says
Great recipe that was a huge hit! I doubled the recipe and did all the mixing and kneading in my Bosch mixer. A couple tweaks because I have become my grandma and can’t not do it…..added 1 Tbs. lecithin and 2 Tbs. dough enhancer to the double batch, and also reduced salt by half. I used Saf-T instant yeast – might increase it a half tablespoon next time because rising was pretty slow. Eliminated the first rise as well – just let the Bosch knead it for 10 minutes, shaped into pans and let them rise. (Learned this trick from the person who taught me to make bread with it – she said the horsepower and kneading action of the mixer does whatever’s necessary with the gluten and so no preliminary rise required.)
Melissa says
Hello and thank you for writing! I’m glad to meet another Bosch mixer fan. Aren’t they the best?! I agreed the Bosch does all the work for breaking down gluten and I usually skip proofing the yeast too when I use it.
I have never tried the lecithin or dough enhancer, but I am intrigued. Where do you get them? King Arthur? This bread does rise slow, I think it’s the oatmeal, though. Also I find breads sweetened with honey tend to rise slower too. Have a great day!
Vickie says
I must have missed something, because I don’t see what kind of flour. I thought you said it was gluten free. Also, how would it work in a bread maker, if I halved the recipe? Thank you!
Melissa says
Hi Vickie,
Sadly this recipe is not gluten free 🙁 I do have gluten free breads on the site, but they are generally quick breads that don’t use yeast. I don’t think you would have a problem using a bread machine for this if you are using traditional flour and, like you said, half the recipe.
Lauren says
I made this for my family and they gobbled up one loaf in a day! Thankfully I had another as backup in the freezer. Very simple and wholesome recipe! Pics from Shopping-With-Mama are too cute!
Melissa says
Hi Lauren, Nothing beats homemade bread. So glad you liked it!
audrey says
what temp should I bake the bread???? 350 or 375 F??
Melissa says
I’m sorry Audrey! 350F. Thanks for catching that!
Melissa says
Bread is easy to make! I think a lot of people are intimidated by it like you said, but believe me, it’s so worth it…
Devorah says
This looks amazing! It’s a must make! Have you used whole oats instead of quick oats? If so, how did it turn out? I was thinking of using whole oats, but putting them through the food processor first to break ’em down. Let me know your thoughts.
Melissa says
If you pulsed them in the food processor first I’m sure it would turn out just as great! It would give it a little boost to break down the oats, so the texture of the bread would still be soft…