Oat And Walnut Buttermilk Braid Food

HONEY BUTTERMILK OATBREAD

Steps:

• Place the ingredients into the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select the setting for white bread. Press Start.

BUTTERMILK OATMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Sprinkle the yeast over the water in a small bowl; do not stir; set aside for at least 5 minutes to proof to a foamy consistency.
• Stir together the flour, oats, sugar and salt in a large bowl; add the butter, buttermilk and yeast mixture and beat with an electric mixer until the ingredients are well blended.
• Turn out the dough onto a floured surface and knead for about 5 minutes or until the dough is smooth and elastic.
• Lightly oil a large bowl and transfer the dough to the bowl; cover with a tea towel and let the dough rise in a warm place until it is doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• Pun the dough down and let it rise again, covered with a tea towel, for 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350° and oil a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
• Punch the dough down again and place it in the loaf pan; bake for 35-40 minutes or till the loaf pulls away from the side of the pan and loaf sounds hollow when you thump it.

BANANA-OATMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and spray a 8 x 4 inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Combine dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
• Combine banana, buttermilk, oil, vanilla, and eggs in a small bowl or measuring cup.
• Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir gently just until the dry ingredients are moistened.
• Spoon batter into the prepared pan and bake for 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool on a wire rack, in the pan, for about 15 minutes (I left mine in longer and it was fine).
• Remove the bread from the pan after 15 minutes and cool thoroughly on the rack.

WALNUT BUTTERMILK BREAD

Steps:

• Coarsely chop 1/2 cup walnuts. Reserve remaining walnut halves.
• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Lightly coat a 5-by-9-inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, with mixer on medium-high speed, beat to blend egg, buttermilk, and butter. Add chopped walnuts, flour, brown sugar, baking soda and powder, salt and vanilla; stir just until evenly moistened.
• Pour into loaf pan and arrange remaining walnut halves evenly on top of batter.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes, until bread begins to pull away from side of pan. Let bread cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Run a knife between bread and pan sides, then turn out onto wire rack. Let cool 10 minutes.
• Slice and serve.

OAT AND WALNUT BUTTERMILK BRAID

Steps:

• Stir warm water and honey in large bowl to blend. Sprinkle yeast over. Let stand until foamy, about 8 minutes. Heat buttermilk in small saucepan to lukewarm (about 100°F.). Stir into yeast mixture. Add 2 cups bread flour, 2 cups oats, wheat flour, oil and salt and stir until smooth. Gradually mix in enough remaining bread flour to form dough. Cover and let dough rest 15 minutes.
• Turn out dough onto floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic, Adding more bread flour if sticky, about 10 minutes. Knead in nuts. Oil large bowl. Add dough; turn to coat. Cover bowl with clean towel; let rise in warm area until doubled, about 50 minutes.
• Oil large baking sheet. Punch down dough. Turn out onto oiled surface; knead briefly. Divide dough into 3 pieces. Roll each piece into 16-inch-long rope. Braid ropes together; tuck ends under and pinch to seal. Transfer to prepared sheet. Cover with clean towel. Let rise in warm area until almost doubled, about 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Whisk egg and milk in bowl. Brush loaf generously with some of egg mixture. Sprinkle with additional oats. Bake until golden and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Transfer to rack; cool. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Wrap tightly; store at room temperature.)