The Only Homemade Bread I Can Make Successfully

Anyone Can Make It Homemade Bread

Ingredients:

• 3-4 cups King Arthur Bread Flour (sometimes, I’ll do half whole wheat, but not always)
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
• 1 Tablespoon active yeast
• 1 1/3 cup warm water
• 1 Tablespoon Flaxseed
• 1 teaspoon salt

Method:

Combine warm water, yeast, and honey in standing mixer bowl. Let stand for 5 minutes, or until bubbly. In the meantime, melt your coconut oil so it has time to cool a bit. Once your yeast is activated, add your (cooled) melted coconut oil. Mix well. Add oats, Flaxseed , salt and flour. Only add as much flour as you need to make a moist, non-sticky dough. Mix in your stand mixer on the knead setting (on mine that’s 4). Knead for 5-10 minutes. Remove from bowl. Knead by hand a few more minutes.

Place dough in a large, greased (with butter or coconut oil) bowl. Cover and let rise until doubled.

Punch down. Knead (on floured surface) for 5 minutes by hand. You want to get all the air bubbles out. Divide the dough in half. Shape each into a bread log. Place in 2 greased (with butter or coconut oil) bread pans. Cover and let rise until doubled. I like to wait until it’s about half an inch above my pan (it will rise more in oven). This takes at least an hour in a warm kitchen.

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Bake bread for 30-45 minutes. Your bread should be fully browned on all sides. Let the bread rest for 10 minutes before turning out onto your cooling rack.

Yields: 2 loaves of yummy bread