The great thing about this Einkorn Oatmeal Bread Machine Bread, besides the taste, is that it’s really easy to make! It can be made completely in the bread maker or you can use the bread machine or a stand mixer to mix the dough and then bake it in a conventional oven.
My sons love oatmeal bread. It is one of the first breads I ever made, and they still request it. One year when my youngest son was home for Spring Break, about mid-way through the week, he said, “I’m thinking some oatmeal bread would taste really good!” Hint, hint!
My oldest son and his girlfriend were coming by for a visit so I took the opportunity to bake their favorite oatmeal bread. However, this time, I changed things by adding some Einkorn flour and steel cut oats.
I usually make this bread completely in the bread machine, but this time, I made the dough in the bread maker and baked the loaf in a conventional oven. I liked the results. So did my sons.
Einkorn Oatmeal Bread Machine Bread
The original version of this oatmeal bread is one of the first breads I ever made in the bread machine. It called for molasses, but I substituted honey. It has a milder flavor so my family likes it better.
Makes: One 2-pound loaf
Adapted from this recipe: https://www.breadexperience.com/oatmeal-bread-recipe.html
Ingredients:
- 1 1/3 cups water
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons margarine or butter, softened
- 1 cup wholegrain Einkorn flour
- 3 cups AP einkorn flour or regular bread flour
- 1/2 cup quick-cooking or regular oats
- 1/8 cup steel cut oats
- 2 tablespoons dry milk
- 1 and 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons instant (bread machine) yeast
Directions:
Measure and add liquid ingredients to the bread pan. Measure and add dry ingredients (except yeast) to the bread pan.
Use your finger to form a well (hole) in the flour where you will pour the yeast. Measure the yeast and carefully pour it into the well. Snap the baking pan into the breadmaker and close the lid.
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To make this bread completely in the breadmaker, press “Select” button to choose the “Sweet” setting. Press the “Crust Color” button to choose light, medium or dark crust. Press the “Start/Stop” button.
To mix the dough in the bread machine and bake it in a conventional oven, press “Select” button to choose the “Dough” setting. Press “Start/Stop” button.
When the dough is ready, turn it out onto a lightly floured counter and shape it into a loaf.
Place the loaf in a loaf pan and cover it with plastic. I tested this bread in an 8 1/2” x 4 1/2” loaf pan and a 9” x 5” pan. The dough rose really high over the 8 1/2” x 4 1/2” pan and was a little bit top heavy. The 9” x 5” loaf pan worked much better. It produced a more uniform loaf that wasn’t top heavy.
Let the bread rise in the pan for about an hour.
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Bake the loaf at 350 degrees F. until it is golden brown and sounds hollow when thumped on the bottom, about 30 -4 0 min. Remove the loaf from the pan and let it cool on a cooling rack.
Slice and enjoy. This bread is very light and flavorful and a little bit crunchy due to the steel cut oats. The Einkorn flour gives it a beautiful color.
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This bread has been YeastSpotted.
Happy Baking!
Cathy
Anonymous says
sounds good
Anonymous says
I would like to bake breads without using flour found in the grocery. I would like to see if using ancient grains makes my gluten sensitive body a little happier. Is is possible to change the bread flour for anything else? I have done a good bit of baking over the years but always with the grocery flours. I am a novice at trying to home mill and use ancient grains. Any help would be appreciated.
Cathy says
Hello, When working with ancient grains, you can substitute all-purpose spelt and all-purpose KAMUT for regular bread flour and whole grain spelt, KAMUT or Eikorn for whole wheat. If you want to use milled grains, such as Einkorn, you would need to sift out some of the bran in order to use it instead of commercial bread flour. Or use an 80% extraction (AP) Einkorn flour like the one Jovial Foods sells. Keep in mind that Einkorn has a weaker protein than bread flour.
Anonymous says
Could I substitute oat flour for the Einkorn? Or use all bread flour? I’m a bread making newbie.
Cathy W. says
Hello, yes you can use all bread flour. You might also want to refer to the original recipe. The link is right above the list of ingredients. Happy Baking!
Toby says
I wonder if I can just use the einkorn flour I just bought from Jovial and not include other types of flour? So, in your recipe above, I would put in 4 cups of einkorn. Will this work?
I would need to adjust the liquid (according to other websites) down to 1/3 less which, would be a 1/9 less than a full cup.
Apparently the bread will need less time kneading or rising, and maybe there is a way to adjust the bread maching for less time kneading or rising, but I don’t know how to do that since I am new to bread making.
Can you advise?
Thanks.
Cathy says
I have not made this bread completely with Einkorn in a bread machine, but you could use Jovial AP Einkorn flour. You should definitely reduce the amount of liquid used and reduce the amount of yeast which will slow down the rising time in the bread machine. Einkorn’s gluten structure is delicate that’s why it needs a shorter mixing time.
Amy says
Any way of adjusting the bread machine to make this with sourdough instead of yeast? I can use Jovial All purpose einkorn if it would help. THanks
Cathy says
Hi Amy, here is a post on making sourdough bread in a bread machine https://www.breadexperience.com/making-sourdough-bread-in-your-bread/ You could try this method and see how it does. It also includes a bit of yeast, but you could omit if you think your starter is active enough. I haven’t tried it using einkorn although that would be an interesting experiment.
Lin says
How do you mix up this bread without a bread machine. I dont have one, Thanks Lin
Cathy says
To make this bread without a bread machine, refer to the method in this post.
https://www.breadexperience.com/honey-graham-oatmeal-spelt-bread/
Although the recipe is slightly different, the method is pretty much the same.
Happy Baking!
Cathy
Linda says
Hello there, I made this bread and it is delicious. I didn’t have steel cut oats so I added ground flax seed in its place. I used one and half tablespoon of honey, 1/8 tsp of ground ginger. I don’t have a bread machine so I used my kitchen aid with the dough hook to mix it up for four minutes. I love the taste and will be making it again for sure. Thanks so much for your recipes. They are greatly appreciated by me and so many others I am sure. Linda
Cathy says
Hi Linda,
Thanks for sharing your experience with this oatmeal bread. I love the idea of adding ground flax seed and ginger. I bet it tasted good.
Happy Baking!
Cathy
Anita says
Thanks so much for this recipe!! I’ve been looking for one like it. What kind of yeast? Instant or active dry?
Cathy says
This recipe utilizes instant yeast. I added that to the ingredients.
Happy Baking!
Cathy
Heather says
Hello. I have everything but the steel cut oats….can I just omit them from the recipe or would I need to make adjustments? Thank you.
Cathy says
Hi Heather,
You can add 1/8 cup more regular or quick cooking oats instead of the steel cut oats.
Happy Baking!
Cathy
Sheri says
hi Cathy,
just found this bread recipe and I am a new lover of AP Einkorn flour fir breadmaking. Question on your list of ingredients:
1 cup Einkorn Flour
3 cups AP Einkorn flour
What is the difference? Is the one cup of einkorn you have listed whole wheat or perhaps not all purpose? Since I have only AP Einkorn Flour, may I substitute 1 cup of oat flour for the 1 cup of Einkorn Flour in your bread recipe? If not, I also have Sorghum, Brown Rice Flour, Amaranth. Let me know what would work.
Thank you.
Cathy says
Hi Sheri,
It should say 1 cup of whole grain einkorn flour. I updated the list of ingredients. Thanks for catching that!
You can use all AP Einkorn flour in this recipe; however, you may need to reduce the water a bit if you don’t include any whole grain flour. Hold back about 20 percent of the water to begin with. Check the bread maker during the mixing cycle and if the dough seems too dry, sprinkle in additional water a little at a time.
I haven’t tried this recipe with oat flour or sorghum flour so I’m not sure how it would perform. You could substitute the oat flour for the rolled oats, but I don’t know if you would want to use both.
Happy Baking!
Cathy