There are several reasons I am glad Facebook was invented. Finding old friends. Keeping up with family. Chatting with buddies far far away. And one I didn’t expect – recipes. Yep, recipes – for lots of different goodies.. Cakes, cookies, and my all time favorite – bread. I was invited by Natashya of Living in the Kitchen with Puppies a couple of months ago but was really unable to participate until this month. And this month I am glad I did, it was a great bread…
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Maple Oatmeal Bread
was September’s Bread of the Month. It is a slightly sweet bread perfect for toast especially topped with a little Maple Butter. I made it just a little sweeter by brushing the top with a little Maple Syrup. Then I sprinkled a little oatmeal on top. It was just the right touch.
The recipe calls for flour but doesn’t specify what kind so I just used Bread Flour. Seemed appropriate. And it was just fine. Made a great crumb and it rose beautifully. I was afraid it would be tough because I was kneading the dough with the KA and forgot about it while playing WII with the kids multi-tasking, but it wasn’t.
Maple Butter
1/2 cup softened butter mixed with 1/4 cup Maple syrup.
The recipe comes from Bernard Clayton’s New Complete Book of Breads via floydm on The Fresh Loaf.
September 26, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Looks great! I love the idea of brushing the loaves with maple syrup. And the maple butter sounds delicious.
September 26, 2010 at 7:04 PM
This looks so yummy that I can’t wait to make it! I’m going to make the maple butter too. Thanks for posting this one!
September 27, 2010 at 6:26 AM
Looks really tasty!
Where can you find cake and cookie recipes on Facebook?
September 28, 2010 at 6:26 AM
Looks great Margie!
September 28, 2010 at 9:13 AM
That looks wonderful! I love the oatmeal on top. I really need to bake with maple more; I hardly ever use it.
September 29, 2010 at 2:15 PM
I’ll have to find you on FB, and scold Natashya for not letting me in on the BOM!
I love maple and oatmeal, so I’m off to find the recipe!
September 30, 2010 at 4:36 PM
[…] is again) for the bread. I didn’t have a whole wheat baguette but I did have some left over Maple Oatmeal Bread. It was just right. Made with some whole wheat flour and maple syup it just added to the flavor of […]
October 8, 2010 at 11:45 PM
Margaret, I made this today and took it into work and it was fabulous! Absolutely a new favorite. Thanks so much for bringing this bread to us!