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Oatmeal Bread

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

This bread has the goodness of oats and honey.

300 grams	Very Strong Bread Flour (Allinson Premium White)
200 grams	Oatmill White Bread Flour (Allinson)
150 grams	Oatmeal Medium
2 tsp	Salt
25 grams	Butter Chopped
7 grams	Easy Bake Yeast (Allinson)
3 tbsp	Runny Honey
150 ml	Natural yoghurt
300 ml	Water Warmed

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Put the flours into a large bowl. Add the oatmeal, salt and butter. Rub the butter into the flour to combine.
Sprinkle over the Easy Bake yeast. Pour in the honey, natural yoghurt and warm water.
Mix together with your hands until the mixture combines to make a rough dough ball.
Tip the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and stretch and knead the dough for 10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
Grease a 900g (2lb) loaf tin. Shape into an oblong and carefully lower into the prepared tin. Cover loosely with cling film. Leave in a warm place until doubled in size. (This will take about 30-40 minutes.)
Preheat the oven to 220°C/fan 200°C/gas 7. Remove cling film from bread and reduce the oven temperature to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6. Bake the bread for 30-35 minutes until golden. To test to see if the loaf is ready, upturn and tap the base - it should sound hollow.