This easy and delicious Irish Oatmeal Bread recipe is made with steel cut oats, yeast, and molasses. Perfect for toast, sandwiches, & everything in between.
I participated in Mom Blog Tour at the Summer Fancy Food Show on behalf of Wendy’s Bloggers and received McCann’s Irish Oatmeal® products to facilitate my review.
Irish Oatmeal Bread
If you love baking homemade bread, then this Irish Oatmeal Bread is for you. It has a delicious nutty flavor with a deep molasses taste. The crumb is soft and is perfect for cutting beautiful loaves.
The secret in this Irish Oatmeal Bread is the use of steel cut oats inside the dough. I soak them in hot water for a few minutes so they plump up and get soft. The oats aid not only in texture but also in taste. You can see in the pictures the little specs of oats.
As many of you know, my favorite food in the entire world is BREAD. Baking is part science, part cooking, and part magic. Seeing how simple flour, water, yeast, and salt, can grow and transform into something beautiful and delicious is mystical.
Yeast can be scary for some people but it’s a wonderful ingredient to work with. All you need is learn a few tricks and you’re well on your way to baking a beautiful loaf of bread. My favorite trick is to speed up the proofing process using this microwave method.
Another great thing about this yummy Irish Oatmeal Bread is that is completely freezable. Bake a loaf and freeze the other one. It’ll defrost perfectly and taste freshly baked.
So last week I attended the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City. In the show, I got to know McCann’s Irish Oatmeal®.
If you’re not aware of this line of steel-cut oats, then you’re going to love it. First of all, McCann’s Irish Oatmeal has been on the market for 150 years and all the oats come from Ireland soil.
Oh, and did I mention to you that their 28 oz can, Quick & Easy Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal in the 24 oz. Canister, and Quick Cooking Rolled Oats in the 16 oz. are box all non-GMO certified?
How awesome is that? My favorite part is all the uses you can do with a can of steel-cut oats. Not only can you make some delicious oatmeal, but you can also use it to bake bread, muffins, cookies, soups, stews, and even risotto.
I hope you can try this delicious Irish Oatmeal Bread at home. If you do, please upload a pic on Instagram and tag me @Livingsweetmoments or use the hashtag #LivingSweet. I promise to repost it.
Irish Oatmeal Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup + 2 tbsp boiling water
- 1 cup McCann's steel-cut Irish oats
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 3 cups bread flour
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 t teaspoon of granulated sugar
- 2 1/4 tsp instant yeast 1 packet
- 1/4 cup warm milk
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 egg beaten
Instructions
- In a bowl place the oats and molasses in boiling water. Mix and let it rest for 30-40 minutes
- In a small bowl place the warm milk, sugar, and sprinkle the yeast. Mix and cover for 5 minutes to activate it
- In a stand mixer with a dough hook, add the entire bowl of oats and the yeast. Mix until combined
- Add the oil and 1 cup of flour. Mix
- Add another cup of flour and salt. Mix
- Add the final cup of flour and keep mixing until the for 5-6 minutes or until the dough becomes elastic and sticks off the mixer bowl
- Place the dough in a greased bowl, sprinkle flour on top and cover with plastic wrapping paper and a tea towel.
- Place in an area away from drafts for 1 hour of until doubled in size*
- Invert dough onto a floured surface and shape into a loaf leaving the seam at the bottom
- Place dough in a greased 9" loaf pan
- Cover with a tea towel and let it proof for 30-40 or until doubled in size
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit
- Brush the top of the bread with the egg
- Bake for 30 minutes or until browned on top
- Remove from oven, unmold and let it cool on a rack before cutting
- Enjoy!
Notes
1st proof: 30 minutes
2nd proof: 15 minutes
Nutrition
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I love oatmeal in the morning for breakfast and like the flavor and texture of McCain’s Steel Cut Oats. My favorite combination is chopped apples, candied pecans, raisins, cinnamon, nutmeg and maple syrup.
With lactation cookies 🙂 Thank you!
Love oatmeal for breakfast and also for making oatmeal cookies!
I would love them in my favorite chocolate chip oatmeal cookies!
My favorite way to eat McCann’s Irish Oatmeal is with maple syrup and sliced apples.
I like oatmeal for breakfast but love using oats for no bake cookies too!
For baked oatmeal!!!!
I love it with some fresh berries and chia seeds.
I like it for breakfast with brown sugar and fresh strawberries.
I enjoy it with a little sweetner and blueberries
it’s boring, but i love a bowl of plain ol’ steel cut oats in the morning…sweetened and festooned with other goodies too, of course. 🙂
My favorite way of using the oats is in overnight oatmeal.
I like to make steel cut oatmeal with fresh berries and nuts in the morning.
I love oatmeal for breakfast with Cinnamon and honey on top!
My favorite way is to make oatmeal raisin cookies.
I like it as oatmeal, served cold with a bit of cinnamon and sugar.
I like to use the oats in no bake cookies.
I like using steel cut oats in my power breakfast which consists of oats, walnuts, blueberries and cottage cheese.
I like making overnight oats for breakfast.
I love enjoying oats for breakfast in oatmeal with honey and fresh fruit.
I like to use them in cookies.
I use them for overnight oats, hot oatmeal and vegan chocolate chip oatmeal cookies!
I use them in my baking. I like them in my cookies.
I do like oatmeal in the morning I like to mix it in with my muffin batter to
I like to use them to make different varieties of oatmeal cookies.
I love perfect overnight oats with fruit. Thanks for the chance! 🙂
We like to cook it up and add goodies.
In the fall and winter we usually add dried cranberries and raw cashews and a little brown sugar.
In the summer we add honey and summer fruits like peaches, apricots, strawberries or plums.
I like to cook it on the stove stop, and serve with banana, maple syrup and cinnamon.
Thanks for the chance to win this 🙂
I like to use it in my soft baked oatmeal cookies.
My favorite way to use McCann’s Irish Oats is to use them in baked good recipes like the Irish Oatmeal Breakfast Cake
recipe found on the McCann’s site.
I haven’t used it yet, but I’d try them to coat chicken.
I like chocolate no bake cookies. Your bread looks mighty yummy though!
I grind my oatmeal in the blender for breakfast smoothies.
i make an overnight oatmeal yogurt mix that comes out so good!
I like it with raisins for a winter breakfast.
i would use them in cookies!
I like to use them in my “overnight” oatmeal cooked in a crock pot!
I like them in my “Overnight Oatmeal” cooked in a crock pot
I use it in oatmeal pancakes
I love Irish oatmeal for breakfast, all year round.
i like to eat these for breakfast. they are really good and they hold me over until lunch.
I like having them as breakfast
I like adding fresh fruit like sliced apples and strawberries to it
I like using them as an easy breakfast with a glass of almond milk.
This sounds delicious. I want some right now. Freshly baked. With butter. Mmm.
I like to use for oatmeal raisin cookies.
I like oatmeal for breakfast with fresh or dried fruit added and chopped nuts stirred in.
Hi, I was wondering how much sugar is needed in the bread recipe? 1/2 cup, 1/2 tsp, 1/2 TBSP?
Thank you
It’s a teaspoon, you can add more, sorry about that! I’ll fix it
Is it a 1/4 cup milk only or is there something missing before the cup?
It’s 1/4 cup of milk Tasha. Sorry! The format is kind of wonky!
I’m trying this bread for the first time. A picture of how the first rising should look using your quick microwave proofing method would be helpful. Not sure mine is rising enough. We’ll see what happens. Looking forward to warm bread! Thank You
Hi Dolly! You can see the proofing method in pictures here —> http://livingsweetmoments.com/homemade-dinner-rolls-tutorial/
Good luck and let me know how it comes out!
After letting the oats, molasses, and water sit for 3p to 40 minutes, could this be made in a breadmachine?
Hi Donna! I’ve never used a bread machine before and have no idea how it works?
I am not able to find how much liquid (i.e. water) this recipe was tested with. I see a 1/4 cup of milk but that is not nearly enough for 3 cups of thirsty bread flour. Maybe a low protein ap with the help of extra water from the oats, but not bread flour.. Can you help me find that in the recipe? I saw lots o comments about people eating oatmeal for breadfast but not about making the bread. A typical sandwich bread is around 65% hydration. This one works out to around 20%. It really looks like a nice bread but I am missing the water or extra milk. Please help.
Hi Chris. Yes, oatmeal absorbs liquid differently than flour, so the “cooked oatmeal” plays into the liquid part of the recipe.
Hi Tiffany,
I love the way this bread looks, but I would like to know if you have a gluten free version or have an idea how to make it gluten free
Hi Marlene, I’ve never tried this specific recipe gluten free. I’ll play around with gf flours and let you know