BHA & BHT Free Honey Oat Bread

Total time2 hr 30 min

Prep time20 min

Cook time40 min

Warm, hearty, and faintly sweet from a drizzle of honey, this oat-studded loaf is the kind of bread that makes your kitchen smell incredible and your toast game genuinely hard to beat. For anyone avoiding BHA and BHT, store-bought bread is a minefield — those synthetic preservatives show up in packaged loaves constantly, often buried in the fine print. Baking from scratch with whole, recognizable ingredients like rolled oats, whole wheat flour, olive oil, and honey means you know exactly what's in every slice. The oats soak in boiling water before the dough even comes together, which gives the crumb a tender, slightly chewy texture that sets this loaf apart from a basic sandwich bread. A double rise builds real flavor and structure, and the finished loaf bakes to a deep golden brown with a satisfying hollow thump when you tap the bottom. Let it cool before slicing — it's worth the wait, and it keeps beautifully for days without needing a single additive to hold it together.

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Ingredients

12 servings

For the bread

1 cup rolled oats
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1.250 cup water
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp fine sea salt
2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast (1 standard packet)
1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
¾ cup all-purpose flour, plus more for kneading
1 tbsp rolled oats, for topping (optional)

Instructions

1
Combine 1 cup rolled oats, boiling water, honey, olive oil, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Stir to mix, then let stand for 20 minutes until the oats have absorbed the water and the mixture has cooled to lukewarm (below 110°F / 43°C).
2
In a medium bowl, stir the yeast into the warm water (105–110°F / 40–43°C) and let stand for 5–10 minutes until foamy and fragrant.

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