Buttermilk Oatmeal Bread
This Buttermilk Oatmeal Bread is soft, a little bit sweet, and a little bit sour. Perfect for toasting!
This Buttermilk Oatmeal Bread is soft, a little bit sweet, and a little bit sour. Perfect for toasting!Since I don't own a stand mixer (we're working on that), I often avoid making bread that requires kneading. Instead, I opt for a no-knead bread, which is quite good, but sometimes you just need a slice of perfectly-formed sandwich bread.
And so I coax Reuben into kneading it for me. After 10+ minutes of working the dough, he's convinced we should buy a stand mixer. 😉
This buttermilk oatmeal bread loaf is very yummy - a little bit sweet, slightly sour. It's very versatile - it works with savory or sweet toppings. My favorite is toasted and spread with butter, peanut butter, honey and bananas.
Quick tip: I like to make a double batch and freeze one loaf. If you're a smaller family, it's easiest to slice the whole loaf before freezing. That way you can defrost a single slice if needed.
By the way, I love the idea of avocado spread on toast, but I can't seem to make it work for me. How do you like to fix it?
Buttermilk Oatmeal Bread
Ingredients
- ½ cup water
- 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk
- 1 tablespoon instant yeast
- ¼ cup sugar maple syrup or honey, divided
- ¼ cup butter melted and cooled
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- ½ cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 2 teaspoons sea salt
Instructions
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1) In a small saucepan, gently heat the water and buttermilk to 110 degrees F (43 degrees C). Place the yeast and ¼ teaspoon of the sugar in a small bowl; pour half of the heated buttermilk mixture into the bowl and let proof for 5 minutes.
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2) In a large bowl, combine the flours, oats, remaining sugar and salt. Add the yeast mixture, remaining buttermilk mixture and butter and mix with a wooden spoon to combine.
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3) Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10-15 minutes. Add flour as necessary. Return to mixing bowl and let rise until doubled, about 1-2 hours, depending on how warm your house is.
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4) Form risen dough into loaves, buns or whatever shape you wish. Place in greased pans (if making a loaf use a 9x5-inch pan) and let rise until nearly doubled, about 1-2 more hours.
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5) During the last 15 minutes of rising, preheat your oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Bake risen bread until nicely browned and loaf sounds hollow when rapped on the bottom, about 35-45 minutes. Remove from pan and allow to cool completely on a wire rack before slicing (I never can wait that long).
Recipe Notes
Adapted from She Runs She Eats
Avocado with a pinch of sea salt makes my morning sometimes, but I have to be in the mood. Maybe you aren't in the mood? A hint of lemon also works wonders.
Yeah, it just seems a bit rich or something - maybe because I butter my bread as well? Ah yes, I'll bet lemon or lime would help!
Homemade bread is the best! And this recipe looks lovely Erica!
Yum that looks so good! I just have one question, your buttons are darling and I'v been looking for some.
Do you remember where you got yours?
Thanks:)
Do you mean my social media buttons?
That toasted slice with butter and honey looks mouth watering! Oh, my!
Avocado with sea salt, garlic powder, dried onion and nutritional yeast. SO yummy.
I absolutely LOVE your blog! The photography is so enticing and inspiring . . . not to mention the recipes are awesome. Well done girl. Keeps me coming back. I just wish I had read this post a wee bit earlier in the morning so I would have made this bread recipe instead of another. Oh well. I guess I can't wait a few days 😉
Also . . . how do you pin something directly from your site? You don't seem to have that option below the post.
Oh, that sounds good! I've had nutritional yeast on popcorn, but nothing else.
Aw, thanks! 🙂 I just use the Pin It button on my bookmarks bar, but I guess I really should add a handy dandy button on individual pages. 🙂
Oh yes, I agree with Liz--I can't do straight avocado on toast, but I add a squeeze of lime and garlic salt and pepper. Or I like a dab of that spread in a breakfast burrito. Ooh, maybe try toast + avocado spread + poached/fried/scrambled egg? I feel like eggs always make things amazing.
But I'm getting sidetracked--this bread looks absolutely mouthwatering! I want this like, right now. Pinning to make! And omg that photo of the butter melting on the bread? SO GORGEOUS!
I like to top my avocado toast with sea salt and a little drizzle of honey. It balances out the creaminess - I think. 🙂
I love avocado on toast topped with scrambled eggs - sounds weird, but tastes amazing 🙂
Yes thank you they are so cute!
I do avocado on toast for breakfast a lot. I like it on English muffins, grilled country bread, whole wheat with a nice chewy crust...I think getting some crunch on the bread contrasts the creamy avocado. Like others, I do a little squeeze of lemon or lime, and a light sprinkle of sea salt. Sometimes I add a little paprika, sometimes a dash of hot sauce. I don't butter the bread - half the point for me is that the avocado isn't butter. If I'm feeling decadent, I spread a little goat cheese on the toast first or sprinkle a little crumbled feta on top.
I like a thin slice of Cotswold cheese right out of the toaster so it sweats a little. Then I mash half an avocado. Divine!
I have avocado on toast, with homemade tomato ketchup spread underneath and a poached egg on top.