Name: Honey Oat Bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: comfort food
Ingredients: 3 cups flour; 3/4 cup oats; 2 1/4 teaspoons yeast; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 cup milk; 1/4 cup lukewarm water; 1/4 cup raw, natural honey; For the top of the bread: 2 tablespoons honey, 2 tablespoons oats

Easy to bake homemade honey oat bread is free of processed sugar. It is perfectly deliciously and slightly sweetened with a bit of natural honey.

Honey Oat Bread

This bread recipe is a hit with my entire family, can easily be made and kneaded in a stand mixer or by hand – totally your preference.

I thoroughly enjoy kneading by hand, but sometimes we don’t always have the time for that. I usually make a loaf about once or twice a week because my family likes it that much.

Around our home, we try to avoid as many processed or sugar filled foods as possible and since sugar is found in nearly everything, including bread, I bake my own.

This post has been updated and republished from it’s original date of September 15, 2016.

sliced up honey oat bread on a wooden board

Gather the Ingredients:

all purpose flour
old fashioned rolled oats
dry active yeast
fine sea salt
butter
whole milk
lukewarm water
raw, natural honey
For the top of the bread: 2 tablespoons honey, 2 tablespoons oats

Tips for Making this Bread

When making this bread, I usually use whole milk. But I have also had success with using nut milks like almond and coconut.

I like to hand knead bread so I can get a feel for when it is ready. But sometimes, I’m pressed for time so I will use my stand mixer with the dough hook.

It is important to stop and check it periodically when using a stand mixer to ensure it isn’t being kneaded too much.

When baking this loaf, check on it every now and then. I recommend “babysitting” homemade bread. It isn’t something that you can just throw in the oven and call it good.

Oven times vary for most people. If the bread starts to brown on one side more than the other, rotate it.

More Delicious Bread Recipes:

Easy Irish Soda Bread

No Knead Dinner Rolls

Honey Banana Bread

Easy Honey Butter Scones

Green Onion Cheddar Beer Bread

Makes 1 loaf

Honey Oat Bread

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes

This slightly sweet and incredibly delicious honey oat bread is a great and fairly easy to bake loaf bread.

Ingredients

3 cups flour
3/4 cup oats
2 1/4 teaspoons yeast
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup milk
1/4 cup lukewarm water
1/4 cup raw, natural honey
For the top of the bread: 2 tablespoons honey, 2 tablespoons oats

Instructions

In a large bowl or stand mixer bowl, combine the dry ingredients.
In a small saucepan, add the milk and butter. Heat just until the butter melts, but don’t allow to boil or scald.
Stir in the honey and water.
Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture. If using a mixer, use the dough hook. Check often to make sure it isn't becoming over kneaded. And knead for about 6-8 minutes.
If kneading by hand, you’ll notice this bread is very sticky and may require more flour. Add a small amount at a time, approximately 1 tablespoon at a time, until it isn’t very tacky, but don’t allow to become too dry. Knead for about 10 minutes.
Place dough in an oiled bowl, cover with clean dry towel and allow to rise until doubled in size – approximately 1/2 hour to 1 hour.
If dough is still too sticky, flour your working surface and roll dough out into loaf size and place in pan. I use a standard 9×5 inch loaf pan. Allow to rise again until doubled. Again approximately 1/2 hour to 1 hour.
Fill a second loaf pan or something similar with approximately 2 cups of water and place on bottom rack of the oven. This will create steam in the oven.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Brush the top of the bread with the honey and add the remaining oats.
Bake for 40 minutes.
Allow to cool completely (if you can!)
Slice up and enjoy!

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Nutrition Information

Yield

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 297Total Fat 5gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 10mgSodium 438mgCarbohydrates 57gFiber 3gSugar 13gProtein 8g

The nutritional information above is computer generated and only an estimate. Please do your own research with the products you're using if you have a serious health issue or are following a specific diet

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Katie
May 16, 2017 at 8:54 pm
I’ve been on the look out for a good bread recipie. I’m going to test this in my bread machine, I still haven’t mastered baking bread on a wood stove!
- marywoita
  May 17, 2017 at 6:39 am
  You’ll have to let me know how it comes out in the bread machine! 🙂
Dom
April 20, 2020 at 6:31 pm
I am new to baking bread and tried this wonderful recipe. Unfortunately, I don’t know if this turned out the way I had hoped. Is this bread suppose to be light and fluffy or a little more dense?
Mine turned out so dense. Please HELP!!!
- Mary Woita
  April 21, 2020 at 9:20 am
  Thank you so much for reaching out! I’d love to try to help you troubleshoot it a bit. It should be only slightly dense. This could be from not kneading the dough enough. Here’s a post that might help: https://bootsandhooveshomestead.com/bread-making-for-beginners/

Honey Oat Bread