No Knead Oatmeal Bread

 

Ingredients

300g lukewarm milk 

5g instant yeast

4g caster sugar (about 1 tsp)

300g bread flour (about 1-3/4 cup + 2 tbsp

100g wheat flour (about 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp)

3g salt (about 1/2 tsp)

60g honey (about 3 tbsp)

45g unsalted butter (about 3-1/2 tbsp)

handful of chia seeds

handful of oatmeal

oil for brushing

1 egg

 

Method

1. Add yeast and sugar to lukewarm milk.  Stir to mix and let it activate for 5 to 10 minutes or until the mixture turns frothy. 
2. In a large bowl add bread flour and whole wheat flour.  Add salt and mix.
3. Add honey and lightly stir to mix.  Pour milk mixture slowly into the flour, stir and mix as you add the milk.  A wet and sticky dough will be formed.
4. Use a spatula and add butter to the surface of the dough.  Lightly flip over and brush butter on the bottom of the dough as well to prevent the dough from being too sticky to handle.
5. Knead the dough with your hand, scraping down the side of the bowl as you knead.
6. After kneading for a few minutes, a ball of rough dough will be formed.
7. Brush the bottom of the bowl with oil and place the dough back into the oiled bowl.  
8. Turn dough over and lightly oil the other side of the dough as well.
9. Use a cling wrap to cover the dough and place the bowl in a refrigerator for 12 to 15 hours maximum.
10. After 12 hours, remove bowl from refrigerator and let it return to room temperature, between 45 minutes to 1 hour.
11. In the meantime, oil the baking pan.
12. Lightly flour the work surface.  Turn dough over and lightly press it down to flatten dough a bit.
13. Divide dough into 3 portions.  Take one portion of the dough and knead by folding all the corners in, pushing out the air bubbles as you knead to form a round dough.  Repeat for the rest of the 2 portions.  Cover with cling wrap.
14. Take the first dough out and place dough on a lightly floured surface.
15. Press it down lightly using a roller to form a rectangle.  Sprinkle some oatmeal and chia seeds.  Use the roller pin to press down the ingredients as you roll the dough.
16. Fold the long end of both sides of the dough, overlapping to the centre of the dough.
17. Roll out the long side of the dough using a roller to form a long rectangular.  Add more oatmeal and chia seed.
18. Use the roller pin to lightly press the ingredients into the dough as you roll out.
19. Fold one end of the dough and continue to roll the dough until it reaches the other end. 
20. Continue to work on the other two portions.
21. Place the rolled dough into the baking pan and cover with a cling wrap.  Let the dough rest for another 45 minutes.
22. Break an egg into a small bowl.  Lightly brush the surface of the dough with the egg wash.
23. Do another light brush on the surface.  Sprinkle oatmeal and chia seeds on the surface of the dough.
24. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.  Spray some water into the oven.  Place baking pan into the preheated oven on the 4th rack.  Spray some water again. 
25. After 20 minutes, place a sheet of aluminium foil to cover the top of the dough.
26. Continue to bake for another 25 minutes.
27. Remove bread from pan let it cool on a rack.
28. Slice the bread and enjoy the freshness and aroma of this delicious home made bread, full of goodness and flavour!