Oatmeal Bread Recipe for the Bread Machine

Make a hearty and yet light loaf of homemade bread easily in your bread machine with this oat bread recipe.

Full of filling oats with just a hint of sweetness, this loaf is perfect for simple toast and sandwiches in an everyday way. 

Using the bread maker means this hearty oatmeal bread recipe can easily be made while you’re doing other things and still have homemade bread on the table or in the lunchbox. 

Basic Ingredients

Nothing fancy here, all of the simple ingredients are likely already in your pantry. No reason to make things too complicated. 

Milk

I used whole milk in the testing of this recipe but there’s no reason you couldn’t use plant milk of some kind, if desired. 

Skip the milk and use all water instead, if desired. The final loaf will have a different flavor and texture but it will turn out a nice bread. 

Oats

Rolled oats / old-fashioned oats were tested in the original recipe as that is what I always keep in my pantry. I believe quick oats could be used but haven’t tested it myself. 

To Prevent Sticking

I had multiple loaves become hopelessly stuck to my bread pan and had to learn a trick or two to prevent it. Here’s what I do, if you’d like to try it:

After the final kneading cycle (for my machine there’s a 2 second third cycle of punching down), I remove the bread dough quickly from the machine, remove the kneading paddle and then spray the pan with some non-stick spray. Then I put the dough back in, close the lid and let the machine finish rising and baking.

I use needle nose pliers to remove the paddle.

This very simple step has stopped bread from sticking to the paddle hopelessly and coming out of the pan a broken mess.

My bread machine instructions do not tell me that this is necessary – meaning the bread could be baked with the paddle attached but I found it much easier to remove the paddle.

How to Serve

This truly is an everyday kind of bread. Use it as your basic bread for breakfast toast, simple sandwiches, or as a side dish for soup and salad meals. 

Use leftovers to make french toast or bread pudding. 

How to Store

Keep any leftover bread in an airtight container, where it should stay fresh for up to 4 days at room temperature.

For longer term storage, put bread into plastic bags and freeze. Use up any frozen bread within 6 months for best flavor. Let the bread thaw on the counter prior to serving. 

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