Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Brown Bread

Enjoy even better toast and sandwiches by baking brown bread from scratch with this mixture of old-fashioned oatmeal, molasses, and butter.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 91 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter
• 2 teaspoons salt
• ⅓ cup molasses
• 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1 cup old-fashioned oatmeal
• 2 ⅓ cups boiling water
• 6 cups bread flour, or more as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Step 2

Pour boiling water over oats in a large bowl; let soften, about 1 hour. Add molasses, butter, and yeast; mix well. Add flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition until dough sticks together. Cover with a towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.

Step 3

Butter two 9x5-inch loaf pans.

Step 4

Punch down dough and turn onto a lightly floured surface. Shape into 2 balls and let rest for 10 minutes. Form balls into loaves and place into the prepared pans. Cover loaves with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in volume, about 30 minutes.

Step 5

Bake loaves in the preheated oven until tops are golden brown, about 40 minutes.