Hey, I'm not sure if this has been posted before.
Here's a simple bread that anyone can make, it's also delicious.
Ingredients :
Porridge Oats
500ml Natural yogurt
2 teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda
How to:
Add the natural yogurt to a large mixing bowl (rinse and dry the yogurt pot), to this add the 2 teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda, mix until the yogurt becomes fluffy. Using the yogurt pot as a measuring jug, fill it twice with oats and add them to the bowl. Mix the oats and yogurt together until you have a consistency like below.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24502376/bread/dFOwf5eluJWWhTdLMuS-Ses31hCEvdM5XJYLcIrH4lg.jpeg)
Butter the sides of a loaf tin and add the mixture, don't compress it too much
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24502376/bread/82d_hN6K5xtsmJHKGQBnwsgO623vY3XA92PgNbD2KaY.jpeg)
Place in the oven for 60 minutes at 180° rotate at 30 minutes.
Once out of the oven place on a rack to cool
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24502376/bread/Lh4sLI5moaN2-En8euPZRdPYEm4b0s6wiTXIKmPg8W8.jpeg)
Enjoy
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24502376/bread/88bUz7mLJwI3SORDlWc_uU0p6urPxFip9OyfKo6J9Es.jpeg)
Or sub some plain flour and some of this. It's the mutts nuts.
(http://www.ballymaloeshop.ie/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/m/a/macroomflour2.5kg-front-300x300.jpg)
http://www.ballymaloeshop.ie/index.php/macroom-flour-2-kg.html
Add seeds and nuts or dried fruit to make it even better
How much porridge oats?
Quote from: Chris on June 20, 2015, 08:39:09 AM
Add seeds and nuts or dried fruit to make it even better
Yeah we do a sweet version with dried fruit, it's lovely :)
Quote from: DCBrewing on June 20, 2015, 08:46:51 AM
How much porridge oats?
I've never actually weighed it out, you just take the empty yogurt pot and fill it twice evenly with oats. If you have a bag of Kavanaghs oats from Aldi this will normally make 2 loaves with some oats left over
So this is a simple variant of a soda bread then? You could do lots of variants of it then, dried fruit and seeds as others have mentioned.
Quote from: Acott on June 19, 2015, 11:24:00 PM
Place in the oven for 60 minutes at 180° rotate at 30 minutes.
Once out of the oven place on a rack to cool
Is that 180 in a fan assisted oven?
Shanna
Quote from: Shanna on June 21, 2015, 07:38:20 PM
Quote from: Acott on June 19, 2015, 11:24:00 PM
Place in the oven for 60 minutes at 180° rotate at 30 minutes.
Once out of the oven place on a rack to cool
Is that 180 in a fan assisted oven?
Shanna
Hey Shanna,
In the past I've made this bread in both a conventional oven and a fan assisted oven. I had the temp at 180 on both but in the fan assisted oven I needed to place parchment paper over the loaf in the last 15 - 20 mins to stop it from burning the top. So perhaps lowering to 170 / 160 might do the trick
Quote from: Acott on June 22, 2015, 08:09:56 AM
Quote from: Shanna on June 21, 2015, 07:38:20 PM
Quote from: Acott on June 19, 2015, 11:24:00 PM
Place in the oven for 60 minutes at 180° rotate at 30 minutes.
Once out of the oven place on a rack to cool
Is that 180 in a fan assisted oven?
Shanna
Hey Shanna,
In the past I've made this bread in both a conventional oven and a fan assisted oven. I had the temp at 180 on both but in the fan assisted oven I needed to place parchment paper over the loaf in the last 15 - 20 mins to stop it from burning the top. So perhaps lowering to 170 / 160 might do the trick
I used 180 in a fan assisted & it came out ok. Really moist but also a bit on the heavy side. I used jumbo oats so that might explain it. I got the impression that the bread barely rose at all. Will try it again soon with regular oats.
Shanna
Note that the same trick could be used with the oats replaced with spent grains or a blend of other flours.
You may be able to make gluten free bread this way also
Quote from: Shanna on June 22, 2015, 08:22:29 AM
Quote from: Acott on June 22, 2015, 08:09:56 AM
Quote from: Shanna on June 21, 2015, 07:38:20 PM
Quote from: Acott on June 19, 2015, 11:24:00 PM
Place in the oven for 60 minutes at 180° rotate at 30 minutes.
Once out of the oven place on a rack to cool
Is that 180 in a fan assisted oven?
Shanna
Hey Shanna,
In the past I've made this bread in both a conventional oven and a fan assisted oven. I had the temp at 180 on both but in the fan assisted oven I needed to place parchment paper over the loaf in the last 15 - 20 mins to stop it from burning the top. So perhaps lowering to 170 / 160 might do the trick
I used 180 in a fan assisted & it came out ok. Really moist but also a bit on the heavy side. I used jumbo oats so that might explain it. I got the impression that the bread barely rose at all. Will try it again soon with regular oats.
Shanna
It doesn't really rise and is quite dense but it's beautiful toasted and covered in butter.
Thanks Acott
Tried it and its top notch. Did it with 3 tablespoons of treacle and a fist of seeds too and its not bad.
I never lasts long in the house
Quote from: phelixoflaherty on October 14, 2015, 08:08:37 AM
Thanks Acott
Tried it and its top notch. Did it with 3 tablespoons of treacle and a fist of seeds too and its not bad.
I never lasts long in the house
Delighted to hear! It's so easy to make that we've stopped buying bread altogether
I cut a slice 2.5 mm thick but the knife was a bit blunt. Is that a record. Must get thick cut marmalade tomorrow