Honey Oatmeal Bread

Baking your own bread is some kind of "theraphy'..i have said this oncr and i'm repeating myself agakn. The kneading and punching release you from stress which is good for your mental health. My stand mixer comes with hook attachment and that takes away the pleasure of kneading sticky dough into a smooth dough but, i shall say ir saves lot of my time and energy. I do knead my own dough once inawhile to fr thr excitement. Today, i'm sharing honey oatmeal bread which is ideal to go with any spread or topping of your choice. The breaf itself are soft and fluffy. This is my second time baking this healthy honey oatmeal bread and both the recepi never failed me.

Ingredients

3 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cups instant oats
1/4 cup lukewarm water
1 tbsp active yeast
1 cup milk,warmed
2 tbsp
1/4 cup honey
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp bread flour, for dusting

Topping

1 1/2 tbsp honey,warmed
2 tbsp instant oats

Methods

In a large bowl, combine flour,yeast,salt and oats.

In another bowl, add warmed milk and butter. Stir till butter melted. Add the honey and warmed water.

Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and let the stand mixer fitted with dough hook do the job of the kneading till the dough turns ingo soft and smooth dough.

Transfer the dough into a large greased bowl. Cover with damp clean kitchen towel and place in a warm place for the dough to rise for about 1 1/2 or 2 hours.

Punch down the dough and transfer it onto a clean working surface dusted with flour.

Knead the dough into an oval or into a loaf. Place the dough in a loaf pan or onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper.

Brush the loaf with warmed honey and sprinkle with oats. Cover the dough with damp kitchen towel and place in a warm place to rise for about 30 minutes.

Preheat oven at 180'C or 350'F and bake the dough for 45-minutes
Remove from oven and cool on the pan.

Transfer the bread from the pan to a wirerack to cool completely

Slice and enjoy