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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Easy Little Bread

This bread is exactly as it souns.  Easy.  And little.  And I might lean towards adding the word 'odd' to the title, as well.  Odd as in - oddly enough, I can't stop eating it.

It's not pretty.  But it's oddly tasty.  Odd because even when cooked through, it tastes slightly "doughy" to me.  And I know isn't going to sound very appetizing, but it almost smells like Play-Doh to me.  And I like it.

And just FYI, I was NOT one of those kids who ate Play-Doh.  But I always loved to open up the container and smell it.  Or the smell in the room as I pressed little strands of noodles or squiggles or that slide that looked like an I-beam of my Play-Doh Fun Factory.
Oh wait.  Now that I think about it, Play-Doh was my initial thought...but I think it's actually more like that homemade salt-type dough.  You know the kind?  You can make ornaments or molded animals or other little models that dry up and eventually crumble all over the place?

And for the record, I actually DID want to lick that dough.  Not eat it, really.  But I couldn't resist the salt-lick factor.

Anyhoo...easy little bread.  Sort of salty.  Sort of doughy.  Oddly good.  Odd Little Easy Bread?

Easy Little Bread

by Heather Schmitt-González
Prep Time: 10 minutes + time to rise
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Keywords: bake bread vegetarian oats

Ingredients (1 easy little loaf)
  • 1¼ cups (300 ml) lukewarm water
  • 2¼ tsp. active dry yeast
  • 1 Tbs. honey
  • 1 c. (4.5 oz / 125 g) unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 c. (5 oz / 140 g) white whole wheat flour
  • 1 c. (3.5 oz / 100 g) rolled oats
  • 1½ tsp. fine grain sea salt
  • 1 Tbs. butter, at room temperature for pan
Instructions
Sprinkle the yeast over the water in a small bowl and stir to dissolve. Stir in honey. Let sit for 5 minutes or until yeast blooms.

In a large bowl, combine both flours, oats, and salt. Pour wet mixture in and stir well with a wooden spoon to combine. Dough will be sticky (and seem more like a quick bread batter).

Rub the inside of a loaf tin (bottom and sides) with the softened butter. Scrape the dough into the prepared tin. Cover with plastic and set in a warm place for 30-45 minutes, or until slightly risen (it won't rise much).
Preheat oven to 350° F (180° C) during last 20 minutes of rise time.

Remove plastic and slide loaf onto center rack of preheated oven. Bake for ~35 minutes or until loaf has pulled away from sides of tin and is pale golden in color. Immediately turn loaf out of tin and cool on a wire rack.

Enjoy warm or toasted with butter and/or some preserves. I like a bold preserve or jam against this bread - like a very tart cherry.

Adapted from 101 Cookbooks & Gran's Kitchen: Recipes from the Notebooks of Dulcie May Booker
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  1. Paula @ Vintage Kitchen NotesJuly 26, 2012 at 6:26 PM

    I love this type of breads, with oats and seeds!

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  2. Ha! I knew I was the odd one out, managing to make this easy little bread anything but easy! I'm so glad to hear that it worked well for you. And LOOK at the loft you got!

    Many thanks for baking with us!

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  3. Velva-Tomatoes on the VineJuly 26, 2012 at 6:36 PM

    Oh, I could eat this up...Perfect with jam and really good hot cup of coffee in the morning.
    "Easy little bread" is the way I like it.


    Velva

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  4. I loved the smell of play-doh too!

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  5. Nothing odd about how delicious your loaf looks, especially spread with preserves! Thanks for baking with the Babes and being a Buddy. I remember those PlayDoh factories...such fun.

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  6. Eileen @ Ham Pie SandwichesJuly 26, 2012 at 7:58 PM

    Yay oat bread! Oat cake? I don't know. It looks really great, however!

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  7. I'm totally weird in that I LOVE the texture of doughy bread. I wouldn't want it all the time...but on occasion it's the best. Love this loaf!

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  8. Reminds me of the texture of the beer bread we made, I like that.

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  9. Aahh. The smell of playdough. What a memory. :)

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  10. This itty bitty bread is absolutely perfect! Couldn't resist.

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  11. Cathy at Wives with KnivesJuly 27, 2012 at 9:26 AM

    Ha! Your description made me laugh, Heather. Your little loaf looks delicious, especially with a nice spoonful of jam on top.

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  12. This might just be the easiest bread ever ... Pinned :-)

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  13. homecookingmemoriesJuly 27, 2012 at 2:20 PM

    Love easy bread recipes! Right now I'm trying to avoid turning on my oven as much as possible, but I pinned on pinterest so I can keep it in a safe place for my winter baking. Oh, and if I am ever lucky enough to meet you in person, I will likely call you a bread licker....just want you to be prepared. lol

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  14. Quick breads are fun and this looks like a great one. Funny thinking of eating it with kindergarten flashbacks, heh.

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  15. I don't care about easy, but this bread certainly looks interesting and different - and I like that!!

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  16. Odd, and kinda of hippy, but I like it.

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