Bread Machine Oatmeal Bread
This bread machine oatmeal bread recipe makes a soft, hearty loaf. I don’t know if it’s the texture or the flavor, but I love it! Talk about comfort food!
Last updated September 17, 2023 – Originally published May 2017
This makes a soft, hearty loaf of bread. We used it to make some grilled pastrami sandwiches that were out of this world.
Different Types of Oats
There are old-fashioned oats (which this recipe calls for), steel-cut oats and instant oats.
All of these types of oats start out as oat groats. Those are oatmeal kernels that have had the hulls removed.
The difference between the types of oats is how much the oat groats are processed.
Old-Fashioned Oats – These are also known as rolled oats or whole oats. They’re made by steaming and flattening the oat groats.
These old-fashioned oats usually hold up better in baked goods.
Steel-Cut Oats – These are also known as Irish or Scottish oats. Steel-cut oats are made by chopping whole oat groats before processing.
Instant Oats – These are also known as quick oats. They are partially cooked, dried and then rolled and pressed. They cook up more quickly than other kinds of oats.
You can use instant oats in this oatmeal bread recipe, but the texture of the bread will be better if you use old-fashioned oats.
This molasses oatmeal bread recipe for the bread machine combines the great molasses flavor of Anadama bread with the wonderful texture of oatmeal bread. Additionally, I love the dark brown color!
FAQ for This Recipe
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Making Bread Machine Oatmeal Bread
This bread machine oatmeal bread recipe is for a two-pound bread machine. Use the basic setting and medium crust.
This makes a two pound loaf. Follow the instructions that came with your bread machine in terms of which ingredients to put in the bread machine first. With my machine (a Zojirushi bread maker), I add the liquid first. I added the oats immediately after the milk and water to give the oats more time to get soft.
I used the basic bread setting and chose “medium” for the crust setting. Check on the dough after five or ten minutes of kneading. Just pop the top of the bread machine and see how the dough is doing. It should be a smooth, round ball.
This bread doesn’t rise quite as much as other breads. It’s not a munchkin loaf, but it may be a tad shorter than other loaves of bread that you make.
Bread Machine Oatmeal Bread Recipe
Again, note that this recipe is for a two-pound bread machine using the basic setting. I also selected medium crust.
1 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1 1/3 cup old-fashioned oats
3 1/3 cups bread flour
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup brown sugar (packed)
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
See below for metric measurements, as well as nutrition information, for this bread machine oatmeal bread recipe.
Bread Machine Oatmeal Bread
Recommended Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup (236.6 ml) milk
- ½ cup (118.3 ml) water
- 1 1/3 cup (108.1 g) old-fashioned oats
- 3 1/3 cups (416.7 g) bread flour
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 Cup (55 g) brown sugar packed
- 1 teaspoon (1 teaspoon) salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons (1.5 teaspoons) active dry yeast
Instructions
- This bread machine oatmeal bread recipe is for a two-pound bread machine. Use the basic setting and medium crust.
- Follow the instructions that came with your bread machine in terms of which order to add ingredients to your bread machine. With my machine, I add the liquids first.
- Check on the dough after five or ten minutes of kneading. It should be a smooth, round ball.
- If the dough is too dry add liquid a teaspoon at a time until it looks right. If it looks too wet, add flour a tablespoon at a time until it looks right.
Notes
Nutrition
All information presented within this site is intended for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and any nutritional information on breadmachinediva.com should only be used as a general guideline. This information is provided as a courtesy and there is no guarantee that the information will be completely accurate. I try to provide accurate information to the best of my ability; however these figures should still be considered estimates.
This recipe was awesome! The bread came out with a wonderful crust and taste. (I used the setting you suggested in my Hamilton Beach bread maker and had the ingredients at room temperature.)
You are my go to for bread recipes.
But I usually have to tweak the ingredients. It would help me immeasurably if you would put in ingredient weights along with volume measurements. I have a batch of oatbread in the machine as I type and things seem quite wet.
I’ve got those added now.
I cannot have oil and was wondering if I can leave it out. Your thoughts on this?
Hi Charle, My guess would be that it won’t work out. I think the bread will be hard. You can try it though. If the bread is too hard, you can always turn it into bread pudding.
I have made milk bread without oil and that’s worked. The bread tasted fine, but we freeze our bread and that didn’t work as well.
Thanks, I will try the milk recipe.
Do you know of a recipe with a higher ratio of oats and/or oat flour to bread/or/AP flour? I know oats dont have the gluten, and that’s kind of essential for bread, but I’d like to try recipes with more oat flour.
I’ve never worked with oat flour. I bet it’s good though. To find my recipes using oatmeal click this link: https://www.breadmachinediva.com/?s=oatmeal.
Am I suppose to grind the oats for this recipe? The picture doesn’t look to have the oats on outside and my kids wouldn’t eat it anyway if dried on top.
Nope you do not grind the oats. (I’ve added a link in the ingredients list to the type of oats to use.) I didn’t use decorative oats on the top either.
My daughter loves this bread for sandwiches. However, I always have to add more water because my bread starts making noise because the dough is too dry. I probably had at least 1/2 to 2/3 c. or water total.
Would this recipe work as well with whole wheat flour?
You’d need to play with the recipe amounts and probably add some vital wheat gluten.
Usually best not to use all wheat flour. I substitute 1 cup. If it looks too dry or too wet I add a bit of milk or flour as needed.
Love this.
Hi! Thank you for this recipe, it is soooo good! I added dried fruit and pecans and a little honey and the results are amazing.
Best!
GS
I’m so glad you liked it! I’ll have to try adding dried fruit and pecans. That sounds great!
Hi, can I use regular sugar if I don’t have brown?
Thanks for all the recipes!
Yes, that should work. The bread may taste a little different than if it was made with brown sugar, but it will still work.