There’s nothing more comforting than the aroma of this Apple Oat Bread brimming with fresh apple chunks and a symphony of fall spices wafting through your kitchen. We souped up the familiar yeasted apple bread by adding a hefty dose of apple cider to the dough of our Apple Oat Bread for a crisp, tangy kick and a thick Oat Streusel topping for epic crunch.
Apple Oat Bread
Makes 1 (9x5-inch) loaf
Ingredients
- 3⅔ cups (466 grams) bread flour
- 1 cup (80 grams) old-fashioned oats
- 3 tablespoons (36 grams) granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon (9 grams) kosher salt
- 1 (0.25-ounce) package (7 grams) instant yeast*
- 1 teaspoon (2 grams) ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon (1 gram) ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1¼ cups (300 grams) warm apple cider (120°F/49°C to 130°F/54°C)
- 2 tablespoons (28 grams) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup (121 grams) chopped Honeycrisp apple (about 1 apple)
- 1 large egg (50 grams)
- 1 tablespoon (15 grams) water
- Oat Streusel (recipe follows)
- Softened butter or apple butter, to serve
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whisk together flour, oats, sugar, salt, yeast, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves by hand.
- In a small bowl, whisk together warm apple cider and melted butter. Add cider mixture to flour mixture, and beat at medium speed until combined, about 30 seconds. Switch to the dough hook attachment. Beat at low speed until dough is smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Add apple, and beat until most of apple pieces are picked up by dough, about 1 minute.
- Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface, and knead gently to completely incorporate apple, about 5 times. Lightly oil a large bowl. Shape dough into a smooth ball, and place in bowl, turning to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm, draft-free place (75°F/24°C) until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
- Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
- Lightly pat dough into a 9-inch circle. Fold top third of dough to center, pressing to seal. Fold bottom third over folded portion, pressing to seal. Fold dough in half lengthwise so long edges meet. Using the heel of your hand, firmly press edges to seal. Place dough, seam side down, in prepared pan. Cover and let rise in a warm, draft-free place (75°F/24°C) until doubled in size, 30 to 45 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).
- In a small bowl, whisk together egg and 1 tablespoon (15 grams) water. Brush top of loaf with egg wash, and sprinkle with Oat Streusel.
- Bake until an instant-read thermometer inserted in center registers 205°F (96°C), 50 to 55 minutes. Let cool in pan for 15 minutes. Remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack. Serve with softened butter or apple butter.
Notes
*We used Platinum® Yeast from Red Star®.
Oat Streusel
Makes ¾ cup
Ingredients
- ¼ cup (31 grams) all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons (15 grams) old-fashioned oats
- 2 tablespoons (24 grams) granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons (28 grams) unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
- In a small bowl, stir together flour, oats, sugar, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Add melted butter, and stir until mixture is crumbly.
Hi
Can someone say which edition is the recipe from.
Thank you
Hi Christa!
Thanks for reaching out. The Apple Oat Bread is from September/October 2019. Happy baking!
If you are making this bread disregard the temp of the apple cider it is way too hot. I bake a lot of bread and went against my better judgement on this. I made it and it would not rise because the 125 was way too hot for the yeast and killed it. I tried again at 100 worked beautifully. Bake from scratch you really should fix this and should know better.
Hi Tiffany,
We are sorry to hear that your first rise did not work as well! We follow the guidelines from Red Star Yeast as noted in the ingredients. According to Red Star, when yeast is combined with the dry ingredients (before the hydration step), the recommended liquid temperature is 120-130 deg F. When adding liquid directly to dried yeast, however, a liquid temperature of 110-115 deg F is recommended. See more information for this particular yeast here: https://redstaryeast.com/yeast-baking-lessons/baking-steps-guide/prepare-your-yeast/
If you are using a different brand of yeast, you may need to adjust the temperature accordingly. This is often found on their website. Thank you so much for reaching out and happy baking!