Honey Oat Quick Bread

This honey-oat bread has a pleasant flavor and divinely moist, tender crumb. It requires minimal mixing and cleanup, calls for ingredients usually stocked in the pantry, and is tasty yet healthful. Recipe by Nancy Baggett for EatingWell.

Nancy Baggett

Used by permission. (c) Eating Well, Inc.

American

Breakfast

Easy

Ingredients

2 tablespoons plus 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats, or quick-cooking (not instant) oats, divided		8 ounces (scant 1 cup) nonfat or low-fat plain yogurt
1 1/3 cups whole-wheat flour, or white whole-wheat flour (see Tip)		1 large egg
1 cup all-purpose flour		1/4 cup canola oil
2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder		1/4 cup clover honey, or other mild honey
1/4 teaspoon baking soda		3/4 cup nonfat or low-fat milk
1 1/4 teaspoons salt

directions

Prep: 15 min Total: More than 60 min

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1
Position rack in middle of oven; preheat to 375F. Generously coat a 9-by-5-inch (or similar size) loaf pan with cooking spray. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon oats in the pan. Tip the pan back and forth to coat the sides and bottom with oats.
2
Thoroughly stir together whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Using a fork, beat the remaining 1 cup oats, yogurt, egg, oil and honey in a medium bowl until well blended. Stir in milk. Gently stir the yogurt mixture into the flour mixture just until thoroughly incorporated but not overmixed (excess mixing can cause toughening). Immediately scrape the batter into the pan, spreading evenly to the edges. Sprinkle the remaining 1 tablespoon oats over the top.
3
Bake the loaf until well browned on top and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. (It's normal for the top to crack.) Let stand in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Run a table knife around and under the loaf to loosen it and turn it out onto the rack. Let cool until barely warm, about 45 minutes.

notes

Tip: White whole-wheat flour, made from a special variety of white wheat, is light in color and flavor but has the same nutritional properties as regular whole-wheat flour. Two companies that distribute the flour nationally are King Arthur Flour (kingarthurflour.com) and Bob’s Red Mill (bobsredmill.com).

nutritional information

Calories: 193		Fiber: 3 g
Fat: 6 g		Saturated Fat: 1 g
Carbohydrates: 31 g		Protein: 6 g
Sodium: 396 mg		Monounsaturated Fat: 3 g
Exchanges: 2 starch, 1 fat		Cholesterol: 18 g
Carbohydrate Servings: 2		Potassium: 100 mg
Nutrition Bonus: Iron (15% daily value).

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Honey Oat Quick Bread

Ingredients

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notes

nutritional information