Herbed Oatmeal Pan Bread

Herbed Oatmeal Pan Bread is a delicious oatmeal bread base, topped with Italian flavors like Parmesan cheese, basil, and oregano. The perfect side for your favorite soup and pasta recipes.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Nothing goes better with a pot of soup than some nice warm bread.  But cold busy days require and easy and delicious bread recipe like this Herbed Oatmeal Pan Bread. It is one of our favorite bread recipes and my favorite thing to serve with soup. The oatmeal gives this bread has a great texture while still being nice and light.

Ingredients Needed

• Watter
• Rolled Oats
• Butter
• All-Purpose Flour
• Sugar
• Salt
• Active Dry Yeast
• Egg
• Parmesan Cheeser
• Dried Basil
• Dried Oregano
• Garlic Powder

How to Make Herbed Oatmeal Pan Bread

• Combine old fashioned oats with butter and hot water to form a thick mixture.

• Combine flour, sugar, salt and yeast in a large bowl; mix well.
• Add rolled oats mixture and egg to dough; blend at low speed until moistened,
• Knead the dough until is is smooth and elastic.   
• By hand, stir in additional flour to form stiff dough.
• Continue to mix the dough until smooth and elastic – about 5 minutes
• Cover with a towel and let rest for 15 minutes
• Grease 13 x 9-inch pan
• Punch down dough several times to remove all air bubbles and press into greased 9 x 13 pan.
• Using very sharp knife, cut diagonal lines 1 1/2 inches apart, cutting completely through dough Repeat in opposite direction creating diamond pattern.

• Cover loosely with greased plastic wrap and cloth towel
• Let rise in warm place until light and doubled in size, about 45 minutes
• After dough has risen, redefine cuts by poking tip of knife into cuts until knife hits bottom of pan; do not pull knife through dough.
• Spoon melted butter over cut dough.

• Bake at 375 degrees F for 15 minutes.
• Brush remaining butter over bread.
• Combine Parmesan cheese, basil, oregano and garlic powder in a small bowl; mix well.
• Sprinkle dough with cheese/herb mixture.

• Bake until golden brown, about 10 to 15 minutes.
• Serve warm or cool

This Italian pan bread is always a favorite at our house. Although we love serving it with soup it is perfect with just about everything!

Check out some of my favorite soup recipes:

• Tortellini Sausage Soup
• Tarragon Chicken Soup
• Roasted Red Pepper Soup
• Pasta e Fagioli

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5 from 4 votes

Herbed Oatmeal Pan Bread

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes

Full of flavor, this Herbed Oatmeal Pan Bread is a quick and easy pan bread recipe topped with delicious Italian flavors.

serves: 12 servings

Prep:20 minutes minutes

Cook:15 minutes minutes

Rising Time:1 hour hour

Total:35 minutes minutes

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Ingredients

Bread

• ▢ 2 cup water
• ▢ 1 cup rolled oats
• ▢ 3 Tbsp butter
• ▢ 3 3/4 to 4 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• ▢ 1/4 cup sugar
• ▢ 2 tsp salt
• ▢ 2 pkg. Active dry yeast
• ▢ 1 egg

Herb Butter

• ▢ 1 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
• ▢ 1 tsp dried basil leaves
• ▢ 1/2 tsp dried oregano leaves
• ▢ 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• ▢ 6 Tbsp butter melted

Instructions

Bread

• Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan; stir in rolled oats
• Remove from heat; stir in 3 tablespoons butter
• Cool to 120 to 130 degrees F.
• In large bowl, combine 1 1/2 cups flour, sugar, salt and yeast; mix well
• Add rolled oats mixture and egg; blend at low speed until moistened
• Beat 3 minutes at medium speed
• By hand, stir in an additional 1 3/4 cups to 1 1/2 cups flour to form stiff dough
• Continue to mix the dough until smooth and elastic – about 5 minutes
• Cover with a towel and let rest for 15 minutes
• Grease 13 x 9-inch pan
• Punch down dough several times to remove all air bubbles and press into greased 9 x 13 pan.
• Using very sharp knife, cut diagonal lines 1 1/2 inches apart, cutting completely through dough Repeat in opposite direction creating diamond pattern
• Cover loosely with greased plastic wrap and cloth towel
• Let rise in warm place (80 to 95 degrees F) until light and doubled in size, about 45 minutes
• Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
• After dough has risen, redefine cuts by poking tip of knife into cuts until knife hits bottom of pan; do not pull knife through dough
• Spoon 4 tablespoon of the melted butter over cut dough
• Bake at 375 degrees F for 15 minutes
• Brush remaining 2 tablespoons butter over bread
• In small bowl, combine Parmesan cheese, basil, oregano and garlic powder; mix well
• Sprinkle dough with cheese/herb mixture
• Bake for an additional 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown
• Serve warm or cool

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 126kcal (6%) Carbohydrates: 9g (3%) Protein: 1g (2%) Fat: 9g (14%) Saturated Fat: 5g (31%) Cholesterol: 36mg (12%) Sodium: 477mg (21%) Potassium: 29mg (1%) Sugar: 4g (4%) Vitamin A: 285IU (6%) Calcium: 15mg (2%) Iron: 0.4mg (2%)

* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.

Course:Bread

Cuisine:American

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