Bread Machine Maple Oat Bread

Bread Machine Buttermilk Maple Oat Bread

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Bread Machine Maple Oat Bread

Maple oatmeal bread is easy to make in the bread machine, and it's perfect for sandwiches, toast and beside a hearty bowl of soup.

Prep Time10

Cook Time2 50

Total Time3

Course: Bread

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Bread Machine, Bread Maker, Maple

Servings: slices (2 lb loaf)

Author: Ashley Adamant

Equipment

Bread Machine

Ingredients

Liquid Ingredients (add first)

1 ⅔ cups buttermilk
½ cup maple syrup
3 Tbsp. butter unsalted, cut into pieces

Dry Ingredients (on top of wet)

4 cups White Flour All Purpose or bread flour
1 cup rolled oats
2 tsp. alt
2 ½ tsp. SAF Instant Yeast or 1 tablespoon bread machine yeast

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

You start by adding in your wet ingredients, then make an "island" with the flour on top. The other ingredients, such as salt and yeast, are then set in wells on top of the flour, so they don't get wet until the machine starts mixing. This allows you to set a delay timer if you want, and it also keeps the yeast from activating before its time.
Select the "basic white" setting on your bread machine, and I'd suggest the"medium" or "light" darkness for crust color (if your bread machine allows you to choose). Dark settings tend to burn breads with added sweetener. Turn it on and let it run.
Watch the machine for the first few minutes to ensure that the dough is coming together. If it's too dry, add a tiny bit more water until a dough forms.
Allow the cycle to complete through the bake phase, and then remove the bread from the machine to cool completely before cutting.

Notes

Oat Topping

As I mentioned, I like to "fancy up" this loaf by brushing it with butter right before it bakes and sprinkling on a tablespoon of old-fashioned oats. The butter helps the crust stay soft, and the oats add crunch (and remind you that you are indeed enjoying oatmeal bread).

That's optional, but if you do choose to do it, you'll need to catch your bread maker right before the bake, at the end of the last rise. For most machines, it's best to do this when there's about an hour left in the cycle.

Melt a tablespoon of butter and then brush it on with a pastry brush, and then sprinkle on a tablespoon of old-fashioned oats. Close the lid and let the machine bake as it otherwise would.

One and a Half Pound Loaf Ingredients

To make a 1 ½ pound loaf of Bread Machine Maple Oatmeal Bread, you’ll need the following:

Liquid Ingredients (add first)

1 ⅓ cups (320 ml) buttermilk
⅓ cup (80 ml) pure maple syrup
2 Tbsp. (28 g) unsalted butter, cut into pieces

Dry Ingredients (on top of wet)

3 cups (360 g) All Purpose White Flour (or Bread Flour)
¾ cup (70 g) rolled oats
1 ½ tsp. (9 g) salt
2 tsp. (6 g) SAF yeast (or 2 ½ teaspoons bread machine yeast)

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