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Honey Oatmeal Bread
1
1
⁄2 cups water
1
⁄2 cup honey
1
⁄3 cup butter or
margarine
5
1
⁄2-6
1
⁄2 cups all-purpose
flour
1 cup quick cooking
oats
2 teaspoons salt
2 packages active dry
yeast
2 eggs
1 egg white
1 tablespoon water
Oatmeal
Place water, honey, and butter in small
saucepan. Heat over low heat until mixture is
very warm (120°F to 130°F).
First place oats, then 5 cups flour, salt, and yeast
in mixer bowl. Attach bowl and PowerKnead™
Spiral Dough Hook to mixer. Turn to Speed 2 and
mix about 15 seconds. Continuing on Speed 2,
gradually add warm mixture to flour mixture and
mix about 1 minute. Add eggs and mix about
1 minute longer.
Continuing on Speed 2, add remaining flour,
1
⁄2 cup at a time, and mix about 2 minutes, or
until dough starts to clean sides of bowl. Knead
on Speed 2 about 2 minutes longer.
Place dough in greased bowl, turning to grease
top. Cover. Let rise in warm place, free from
draft, about 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.
Punch dough down and divide in half. See the
”Shaping a Loaf” section. Place in greased 8
1
⁄2 x
4
1
⁄2 x 2
1
⁄2" baking pans. Cover. Let rise in warm
place, free from draft, about 1 hour, or until
doubled in bulk.
Beat egg white and water together with a fork.
Brush tops of loaves with mixture. Sprinkle with
oatmeal. Bake at 375°F for 30 to 40 minutes.
Remove from pans immediately and cool on
wire racks.
Yield: 32 servings (16 slices per loaf).
Per serving: About 134 cal, 4 g protein, 24 g
carb, 3 g fat, 13 mg chol, 162 mg sodium.