Oat Bread Recipes for Bread Machines

Old-fashioned homemade oat bread is both delicious and good for you. It is low in cholesterol and contains cholesterol lowering oatmeal so this easy to make bread is one that everyone should try.

There are many ways to make oat bread. We've included easy recipes for the basic bread as well as some of the variations and links to bread machine cookbooks, too. Hope you enjoy making and eating this wonderful, healthy bread.

The benefits and high nutritional value of whole oats are well known in the battle against high cholesterol. High fiber diets also have many other health benefits. Our favorite Oat bread recipe includes the addition of nuts (we like walnuts) 15 minutes into the first cycle, which adds to the health benefits and the taste.

Using a Bread Machine

Read all the instructions in the owner's manual of your machine, because bread machines vary.

Add ingredients in the order specified for your machine. Ninety percent of the machines start with the water, but check to make sure.

For best results, make sure all ingredients are at room temperature unless specified otherwise.

Oat Bread

Whole wheat, Sweet or Basic cycle

This recipe is for a Medium loaf. For small and large loaves see the Bread Machine Cookbook, by Donna Rathmell German.

1 1/4 cups water

2 Tablespoons margarine or butter

3 Tablespoons sugar (we use raw)

3/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup oat bran

1/2 cup oats

2 1/2 cups bread flour

1 1/2 Tablespoons vital gluten, optional

2 teaspoons yeast

Add 1/3 cup of chopped nuts 15 minutes into the first cycle or when directed in your bread machine owner's manual.

Old-Fashioned Oat Bread

Recipe is for a regular loaf. For large loaf ingredient amounts see, The All-New Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook by Tom Lacalmita.

1/2 cup water

3/4 cup milk

2 Tablespoons unsalted butter1 1/2 teaspoons salt

3 Tablespoons honey

1/3 cup rolled oats

3 cups bread flour

2 1/4 teaspoons dry yeast

1. All ingredients must be at room temperature. Liquid ingredients should be approximately 80 degrees F. Cut butter into small cubes. Add ingredients in the order specified in your bread machine owner's manual.

2. Select white or basic bread and normal or medium crust.

3. Remove baked loaf from pan at the end of the baking cycle, and cool on a wire rack at least one hour before slicing.

Makes 12 slices. Approximate nutritional analysis per slice: 150 calories, 5 g. protein, 27 g carbohydrates, 1 g fiber, 3 g fat, 6 mg cholesterol, 45 mg potassium, 275 mg sodium.

Variations: Substitute real maple syrup for the honey. To make a regular loaf replace the honey with 3 tablespoons of real maple syrup.

Add dried black currants or toasted, chopped walnuts, or a combination of the two. 1/2 cup for a regular loaf, 5 minutes before the end of the last kneading cycle.

Apple Oatmeal Bread

Recipe for a medium loaf. For ingredient amounts for a small or large loaf, see: The Bread Machine Cookbook II, by Donna Rathmell German.

1 cup of applesauce

1 1/2 Tablespoons vegetable oil

1 1/2 Tablespoons honey

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/3 teaspoon cinnamon

1 1/2 cup oats

1 1/2 cups bread flour

1 1/2 teaspoon yeast

Raisin Bread Cycle At beep add: (If National/Panasonic, add following first kneading; if Maxim or Mister Loaf, add at beginning.)

1/3 cup diced dried apples

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1 1/4 cups water

2 tablespoons margarine

1 teaspoon salt

3 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup rolled oats

2 tablespoons brown sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Add ingredients to bread machine pan in order recommended by your manufacturer. Use regular light setting.

12 Servings

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