Honey, Maple, Oat Artisan Bread

  

While yesterday was warmish here in Michigan (it was in the 50s) today is cold outside once again (only in the 30s) Regardless of what the weather is like where you live, today is a great day to make Honey, Maple, Oat Artisan Bread, because the amazing aroma will help if it is cold outside - or not! I will share the recipe with you, but before I get to the recipe I want to say this bread just takes minutes to mix by hand, you let it rise for a few hours, then pop it into the oven for about 40 minutes - this is all there is to it!

Recipe - 

• In a small bowl combine -
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup milk
• Microwave for 50 seconds, then add -
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/4 cup maple syrup - the real stuff
• 1/4 cup light olive oil
• Stir into the warm water/milk and add to dry ingredients -
• 3 cups flour
• 1/4 cup almond flour
• 1 cup oats
• 3 teaspoons yeast
• 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt
• Stir together in a larger bowl until all the flour is moistened, cover with plastic wrap and set in a warm place for two hours or until it has doubled in size.
• Turn onto lightly floured wax paper and fold onto itself eight times.
• 
  Place into bowl you will use to bake it in - I use this set which I got on Amazon - and let rise for another 45 minutes.
• Cover lightly with foil, and bake at 425 for 30 minutes, then remove foil and bake for 15 additional minutes.
• I use a stick of butter to run over the bread when it comes out of the oven because I love this extra touch for flavor!
• Let cool for one hour before eating - enjoy!

This is all there is to it and the bread is VERY tasty!