Honey Oat Skillet Bread

Honey oat skillet bread is a moist, honey oat loaf of bread that's made from just 7 simple ingredients.

Course bread

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 15

Rising 1

Total Time 1 35

Servings servings

Calories 108kcal

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook, stir the water, honey, and yeast together.
1 ½ cups warm water, 1/4 cup honey, 2 ¼ teaspoons active dry yeast
Let mixture sit for 5-10 minutes, or until foamy.
Add 1 ½ cups of flour, oats, oil, and salt.
2 tablespoons neutral oil, 1 cup old fashioned oats, 1 teaspoon salt
Knead on low, continuing to add flour ¼ cup at a time until it forms a soft, smooth dough that clears the sides of the bowl.
Once it forms the dough, continue to knead for 5 minutes on low.
Cover and let rise for 30 minutes.
Form the dough into a tight ball and place in a cast iron skillet. I use a 12-inch skillet.
Cover and let rest for 30 minutes.
Toward the end of the second rising time, set your oven rack to the lower middle position and preheat oven to 400F.
Just before you place the bread in the oven cut two slits width-wise and one lengthwise.
Bake for 15-25 minutes. The bread will brown quickly toward the end of the baking time, so keep an eye on it.

- Water: If you don’t have a thermometer, feel the water. It should feel a little warmer than bath water but shouldn’t feel uncomfortably warm. If it’s too hot for you, it will be too hot and could kill the yeast.

- Honey: Any type of honey will work. I recommend choosing a honey that you like the flavor of.

- Oil: I like to use olive oil in this recipe. Another neutral oil should work in place of the olive oil.

- Flour: Bread flour will also work in this recipe. You may find that you need to adjust the amount of flour, and that’s ok! Just go by feel to avoid adding too much flour.
- Nutrition values are estimates.