Honey and Oats Bread (with honey butter)

This hearty Honey and Oats Bread is delicious when sliced and topped with honey butter!

This honey and oats bread is a hearty loaf of bread that goes wonderfully as a snack, a side dish for dinner time, served with a side of eggs for breakfast, or even used as a sandwich bread!

Slice it, then spread with some honey butter!

The honey butter in this recipe tastes amazing. It only takes 2 ingredients and 2 minutes to make. It tastes like caramel sauce!

Find the recipe below, then keep reading for all of your questions about this recipe answered!

Ingredients for the Honey and Oats Bread:

• 4 TBSP (2 packets) yeast
• 1 cup warm milk
• 1 1/4 cups warm water
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 cup dry uncooked oats
• 5 cups flour
• 1 TBSP salt

Ingredients for the honey butter:

• 4 TBSP softened or melted butter
• 2 TBSP honey

Instructions:

1. Warm your water and milk on the stove to about 140 degrees. Do not boil, and immediately remove from stove.
2. Mix your warm water and milk with your yeast and honey. Let sit for 5 minutes until yeast is frothy.
3. Add in your remaining ingredients for the bread. Knead in a stand mixer for about 10 minutes. (low to medium speed)
4. Turn off stand mixer. Cover dough with a clean towel. Allow dough to sit in bowl for 30 minutes.
5. Punch down dough.
6. Shape the dough into a loaf, and place into a greased bread pan.
7. Cover dough with a towel, and allow to rise in a warm place for about 30 minutes, or until the dough is about 1″ above the bread pan. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees farenheit.
8. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees farenheit for about 1 hour or until the bread reaches an internal temperature of about 180 degrees farenheit.
9. Remove from bread pan and allow to cool on a wire rack.
10. For the honey butter, melt your butter and whisk together with honey. It will resemble (and taste like!) caramel sauce.

Should I use Freshly Milled Flour or All Purpose Flour?

One of my favorite things about this recipe is that it can be made with all purpose OR freshly ground flour!

I’ve tested this recipe with both freshly ground and all purpose flour. It turns out beautifully either way!

(the bread you see in the photo was made with freshly ground flour — my preference!)

How much flour should I use?

This recipe calls for 5 cups of flour and one cup of dry oats.

Add in all of your oats and 4 cups of flour first.

Then, slowly add in your remaining cup of flour while mixing your dough.

As soon as your dough no longer sticks to the sides of your mixer, stop adding flour.

You may need a little more OR a little less than 5 cups of flour for this recipe.

Adding too much flour will result in a dry loaf of bread, so add that final cup of flour in slowly!

What kind of oats should I use?

Quick oats or rolled oats — it all comes down to preference!

If you’re using a stand mixer, rolled oats will break down to the size of quick oats if you knead the bread for a full 10 minutes.

If you are kneading by hand, the rolled oats may stay closer to their full size.

It all comes down to what texture you prefer!

What should I grease my bread pan with?

I grease my bread pan with butter or olive oil.