Golden Honey Oat Bread Recipe
- 1 1/4 cups and 2 tablespoons water, room temperature (70 to 90A degrees F.)
- 1/2 cup rolled oats or barley flakes
- 1/4 cup flax seed. cracked
- 2 cups unbleached flour
- 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 tablespoons vital wheat gluten
- 1 tablespoon powdered milk
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 1/8 teaspoon instant yeast
- 2 1/2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 teaspoons salt
- Equipment: A 9 by 5 inch/ 7 cup bread pan, coated lightly with cooking spray.
- A baking stone set toward the bottom rung and a cast-iron pan on the floor of the oven.
- Step 1: Make the dough (Bread Machine)
- In the bread machine container, combine water, oats, and cracked flax and mix to moisten.
- then let sit covered for a minimum of 15 minutes.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flours, gluten, powdered milk, and yeast.
- Add the honey, and oil to the oat mixture and then the flour mixture.
- Mix 3 minutes and allow to rest (autolyse) for 20.
- If your bread machine always restarts with a 3 minute mix allow it to do so while adding the salt and then go into the kneading cycle for 4 minutes.
- If it starts with the kneading cycle also run it for 4 minutes, adding the salt at the beginning of the kneading cycle.
- Step 2: Let the dough rise
- Using an oiled spatula or dough scraper, scrape the dough into a 2 quart container with cover or bowl, greased lightly with cooking spray or oil.
- Push down the dough and lightly spray or oil the top of the dough.
- It will be 4 cups /943 grams/33 ounces.).
- Cover the container with a lid or plastic wrap.
- With a piece of tape, mark where double the height would be.
- Allow the dough to rise (ideally at 80 to 82A degrees F./28A degrees C) until doubled, about 1 hour, 15 min.
- For extra strength and elasticity, you can stretch it after the first 30 minutes.
- To achieve a moist and warm temperature I put a small container of very hot watera"about 1 cup--under a plastic box to create a proofer and change the water every 20 to 30 minutes.
- (You can retard the dough overnight after the first rise by gently deflating it and refrigerating it but it seems to rise best when baked the same day.
- If you refrigerate it overnight, remove it to room temperature.
- for about an hour before shaping.
- Step 3: Shape the dough and let it rise
- Turn the dough onto a lightly floured counter and press it down to flatten it slightly.
- It will still be sticky but use only as much flour as absolutely necessary.
- Shape it into a log and allow it to relax covered for 20 minutes.
- (This is essential for an evenly shaped dough.)
- Shape the dough into a loaf set it into the prepared baking pan.
- It will be about 3/4 inches from the top of the pan.
- Cover the shaped dough with the plastic box or oiled plastic wrap and allow it to rise until almost doubled and when pressed gently with a finger the depression very slowly fills in.
- The highest point will be about 1 1/2 inches higher than the sides of the pan.
- Using the plastic box and hot water it takes 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 1/2 hours.
- At a cooler temperature it will take longer.
- Meantime preheat the oven for a minimum of 40 minutes.
- Step 4: Slash and bake the bread
- If you like the look of a bread with a slash down the middle, with a sharp knife or straight edged razor blade, make a 1/2 inch deep slash down the top of the dough.
- You can also leave it unslashed.
- Mist the dough with water, quickly but gently set the baking sheet on the hot stone or hot baking sheet and toss 1/2 cup of ice cubes into the pan beneath.
- Immediately shut the door,lower the temperature to 375A degrees F/190A degrees C, and bake 20 minutes.
- Turn the dough around, tent, and continue baking 15 to 20 minutes or until the bread is golden brown and a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- (An instant read thermometer inserted into the center will read about 205A degrees F.)
- Step 5: Cool the bread
- Unmold the bread onto a wire rack and allow it to cool, top-side-up until barely warm.
water, rolled oats, flax seed cracked, flour, whole wheat flour, vital wheat gluten, powdered milk, honey, yeast, canola oil, salt
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/golden-honey-oat-bread-673 (may not work)