Honey Oatmeal Bread For Your Kitchenaid Mixer

At one point, i always made homemade bread! This recipe, from the kitchenaid recipe and instruction book, was our favorite! when it comes out of the oven, you want to be sure to have a knife and butter handy! mmm...homemade bread...one of life's simple pleasures! (prep time includes two hours for rising of dough)

Steps

Place 5 cups flour , oats , salt , and yeast in bowl.

Attach bowl and dough hook.

Turn to speed 2 and mix for 30 seconds.

In saucepan , combine water , honey , and butter.

Heat to 120f to 130f.

On speed 2 , slowly add warm liquids to flour mixture , mixing for about 1 minute.

Add eggs.

Mix an additional 1 minute.

Still on speed 2 , add remaining flour , 1 / 2 cup at a time , until dough clings to hook and cleans sides of bowl , about 3 minutes.

Knead on speed 2 for 7-10 minutes or until dough is smooth and elastic.

Place in greased bowl , turning to grease top.

Cover.

Let rise in warm place , until doubled , about 1 hour.

Punch dough down.

Divide dough in half.

Shape each half into a loaf.

Place each loaf into a greased 8 1 / 2x 4 1 / 2 x 2 1 / 2-inch bread pan.

Cover.

Let rise in warm place till doubled , about an hour.

Combine 1 tbsp water and egg white.

Brush tops of loaves with mixture.

Sprinkle with oatmeal.

Bake at 375f for 40 minutes.

Remove from pans an.

Ingredients

all-purpose flour, quick-cooking oats, salt, active dry yeast, water, honey, butter, eggs, egg white, oatmeal