Oats Porridge Whole Wheat Bread

Oats Porridge Whole Wheat Bread

Oats porridge wheat bread are super soft bread. I'm using jaggery powder as sweetner but can be replaced by normal sugar.

Notes:

* 50gms oats + 200 ml water which gives approximately small bowl of oats porridge.

* I used 20 gms of oats + 100 ml water which is approximately 1/4 cup of oats porridge.

Ingredients:

Oats Porridge - 1/4 cup

Whole Wheat flour - 230 gms / 2 cups

Instant dry active yeast - 3/4 TSP

Jaggery powder - 1 tablespoon

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Oil - 2 tablespoons

Milk - 2 tsp (milk wash before baking)

Water - 1/2 cup / as required

Butter - 2 tsp

Method:

# Mix whole wheat flour, oats porridge, yeast, salt, jaggery powder.

# Add water and knead the dough. Stretch and pull method. Initially it will be sticky...after 10 minutes it will become soft and elastic.

# Grease a bowl with oil, keep the dough in greased bowl, apply oil cover it and allow it to proof. (1st proofing) for me it took 1 +1/2 hrs.

# Once dough doubles in size. Sprinkle some wheat flour on working surface and punch down and remove excess gasses. Knead for 2 more minutes.

# Give a log shape and pinch the ends well.

# Grease your bread tin with oil. Place the log in bread tin. 

(2nd Proofing) Cover and allow it to proof for 25-30 minutes / until it reaches brim of baking tin.

Baking tin size 7×3.

# Preheat oven / microwave convection oven @ 190'c.

# Milk wash before baking.

# Bake @ same temperature for 25-30 minutes.

# Once baked.... Remove from oven. Apply butter. Leave it for 5-10 minutes. Demould and allow it to cool on wire rack.

# Let it come to room temperature / after 3 hrs Slice your bread. Use cerrated knife.

Please do try and provide your comments.

Thank U!