Easy Quick Bread
Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Preparation Time: 40 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups warm water (105-115f)
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast (one packet)
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup rolled oats (not instant oats)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted, for brushing
Recipe
- 1 in a medium bowl, sprinkle the yeast onto the warm water and stir until the yeast dissolves. stir in the honey and set aside for a few minutes, until the yeast blooms and swells a bit - 5 - 10 minutes.
- 2 in the meantime, mix the flours, oats, and salt in a large bowl. add the wet mixture to the dry and stir very well.
- 3 brush a 8-cup loaf pan generously with some of the melted butter. turn the dough into the tin, cover with a clean, slightly damp cloth, and set in a warm place for 30 minutes, to rise.
- 4 preheat the oven to 350f / 180c, with a rack in the middle. when ready, bake the bread for 35-40 minutes, until golden and pulling away from the sides of the pan. i finish things up by leaving the bread under the broiler for just a heartbeat - to give the top a bit deeper color. remove from oven, and turn the bread out of the pan quickly. let it cool on a rack so it doesn't steam in the pan. serve warm, slathered with butter.
- 5 makes 1 loaf.
- 6 adapted from gran's kitchen: recipes from the notebooks of dulcie may booker.
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