Easy Oatmeal Yeast Bread Recipe (Bread Machine)

My family loves homemade bread. So do I. There is nothing quite like the deliciousness of a hot, buttered piece of homemade bread, fresh from the oven.

I have a bread machine that I purchased from a Craigslist seller for $20. I have been using it for about 3 years now, so I think I got my $20 worth. I prefer using the bread machine to mix the bread dough, and then cooking the loaf in the oven. I’m not sure why, but I like the way the loaves turn out better in a traditional bread pan.

My family of five can easily eat through a loaf of this bread in a day (sometimes less than a day). The beauty of this recipe is its simplicity. I have it memorized now, so it literally takes under five minutes to put the ingredients in the bread machine. Let me share this simple oatmeal bread recipe with you.

Step 1: Put 1.5 tablespoons of oil in the bottom of your bread machine. I use olive oil, but any oil will work.

bread1

Step 2: Add 1/3 cup sugar. If you prefer a healthier recipe, you may want to try substituting honey or maple syrup.

sugar in oatmeal bread

Step 3: Pour 1 cup warm water into the bread machine.

water in yeast bread

Step 4: Add ½ cup oatmeal. I use quick oats.

oatmeal yeast bread oats
Step 5: Pour in 2 ½ cups of flour. I use regular unbleached flour. If you prefer whole wheat, you could experiment with that and see how your bread turns out.

flour in bread

Step 6: Add 1 heaping teaspoon of bread machine yeast.

bread machine yeast
Step 7: Turn bread machine on to “dough” cycle. Or, if you prefer to bake your bread in the bread machine, select your preferred setting. While the bread is initially mixing, I sometimes add a little more flour if it seems too moist.

bread machine settings

Step 8: Let the bread machine do its job. When the dough is ready, place it into a greased loaf pan. Let it rise for another half hour to 45 minutes. During the final 15 minutes of rising time, preheat oven to 350 degrees.

bread kneading in bread machine
Step 9: Bake bread in oven. I normally bake my bread for approximately 45 minutes. If the top looks like it’s getting too dark for my tastes, I sometimes put a piece of foil over it during the remainder of the baking time.

bread rising in loaf pan
Step 10: Remove bread from oven. Years ago, I learned to spread butter over the entire top of a newly baked loaf of bread to soften/glaze the crust. If you like really crunchy crust, you might not want to do this.
Eat and enjoy!

loaf of bread ready to eat

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