Description
Best homemade bread — 2 loaves in about 3 hours! This is a variation of Allrecipes’ Fabulous Homemade Bread by J. Drury to allow mixing in a food processor for only 2 loaves.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups warm water (100 to 110 degrees F/40 to 45 degrees C)
- 4 teaspoons bread flour
- 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 3 ⅓ cups bread flour
- ⅔ cup quick cooking oats
- ⅔ cup whole wheat flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 3 ½ tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 ½ tablespoons vegetable oil
Instructions
- Pour the warm water into a large bowl
- and whisk in 4 teaspoons of bread flour
- the yeast
- and the white sugar until thoroughly combined and the sugar has dissolved. Allow to stand until the yeast starts to form creamy bubbles
- about 5 minutes.
- Fit a dough blade into a large food processor
- and place 3 1/2 cups of bread flour
- the oats
- whole wheat flour
- salt
- brown sugar
- and vegetable oil into the work bowl. Start the food processor running
- and slowly add enough of the water-yeast mixture to allow the dough to form a firm ball and pull away from the sides of the processor
- about 1 minute. Process for another 30 seconds to knead.
- Place the dough into an oiled bowl
- and turn to coat the dough with oil. Cover with a damp cloth
- and allow the dough to rise until doubled
- about 1 hour. Punch down the dough
- and divide into 2 equal-sized pieces. Form each piece into a loaf; pinch the seams and ends closed.
- Grease 2 4×8-inch loaf pans
- and place the loaves into the pans with the seam sides down. Allow to rise until the dough is 1 inch above the rim of the pans
- about 1 more hour.
- While dough is rising
- preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Bake in the preheated oven until the tops are browned
- about 35 minutes. Allow bread to cool in pans for 10 minutes
- then turn out onto cooling racks to finish cooling.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 12