Yankee Oatmeal Molasses Bread Recipes

OATMEAL MOLASSES BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, add the oats and boiling water. Stir and let stand 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine the white sugar, lukewarm water and yeast in a small bowl. Stir to combine and let stand 10 minutes.
• Once oats have soaked, add the molasses, butter and egg to the bowl and stir to combine with a spoon or kneading hook on a mixer. Add the yeast mixture, whole wheat flour, salt and 1 1/2 cups of the all purpose flour.
• Use a spoon or kneading hook to mix in thoroughly. Continue by adding the last cup of flour, in small increments, adding only as much as needed to create a moist dough that wraps the kneading hook and cleans the bowl in spots. You may not need all of the last cup or you may need a bit more that 1 cup. Dough will be quite moist.
• Remove dough to a floured work surface and knead 1 minutes, adding additional flour if dough is sticking to hands or work surface. Form into a ball, place in a greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled in size, approximately 60-75 minutes.
• Remove dough to a floured work surface. Press to deflate, then divide into 2 equal pieces.
• Take one piece of the dough and roll into a 8 x 11-inch rectangle. Starting from the short side, roll the dough up jelly-roll style and pinch the seams to seal.
• Place into a greased 8 x 4-inch loaf pan. Repeat with the other piece of dough. **If you only have 9x5-inch loaf pans, you can use them here. Roll your dough into a slightly larger 9x12-inch rectangle, so it will fill the larger pan. Your resulting loaf will be wider and shorter and the cooking time may change, so watch closely.
• Cover the pans with greased plastic wrap or a clean tea towel and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375F (not fan-assisted), with rack in the centre of the oven.
• Once loaves are ready to bake, brush tops with beaten egg and sprinkle with additional rolled oats.
• Bake in preheated over for about 40 minutes, checking after about 25 minutes and covering the tops loosely with a sheet of aluminum foil if loaves are nicely browned already, to prevent over-browning. If you have an instant-read thermometer, baked loaves until the loaves read at least 200F when inserted into the centre of the loaf.
• Remove from oven and immediately remove loaves to a cooling rack to cool completely before slicing.

OATMEAL MOLASSES BREAD

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil.
• Put the oats a mixer bowl, and pour the water over the oats.
• Add the butter and molasses, and mix with a dough hook. then let the mixture cool to warm.
• Add yeast and mix. Cover with a towel for 5 minutes to proof yeast.
• Remove towel and slowly add 3 cups of flour to yeast mixture 1/2 cup at a time until fully incorporated.
• Add salt and continue to mix.
• Add remaining 2 - 3 cups flour as needed for the dough to come away from the sides of the bowl after a few minutes of kneading.
• Continue to allow mixer to knead your dough for 5 - 7 minutes (or knead by hand).
• Spray a large bowl with cooking spray.
• Scoop dough out of mixer bowl and place in oiled bowl, turning once to coat dough.
• Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rise in a warm, draft-free spot until it doubles in size, about 1 hour.
• Butter two 9x5 inch loaf pans or line with parchment paper or non-stick foil.
• Punch down the dough and using a pastry scraper, scrape it out onto a clean work surface. Cut it in half with a sharp knife or bench scraper.
• For each half, evenly flatten the dough with the heel of your hand. Roll the top third down onto itself and seal it y pushing it gently down with the heal of your hand.
• Continue rolling and sealing the dough until you have an oval log. Place the logs, into the pans.
• Cover loosely with a kitchen towel and let them rise in a warm draft free spot until the double in size, 45 - 60 minutes.
• Position a rack in the middle of the oven, and preheat to 375*F
• Mist the tops of the loaves with water. Sprinkle the tops with a generous handful of regular oats.
• Bake until they loaves are golden brown and sound hollow when tapped on the top, 40-45 minutes. Carefully remove the loaves from the pans and let cool completely on a wire rack before slicing (if you can resist!)

OLD FASHION MOLASSES BREAD

Steps:

• Place ingredients in the bread machine pan in the order suggested by the manufacturer. Select Dough or White Bread setting, and then Start.
• If the dough does not form a ball on the paddle, add 1 tablespoon of flour at a time until the ball forms. Allow machine to complete selected cycle.
• To bake conventionally, remove the dough from the bread machine pan after the Dough cycle has completed. Shape into a loaf, and place in a greased 9 x 5 inch loaf pan. Let rise until doubled. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 40 minutes.