Pinhead Oatmeal and Garlic Bread

Name: Pinhead Oatmeal and Garlic Bread
Yield: Makes 3 loaves
Ingredients: ½ pint/285 ml hand-hot water with 1 tbsp sugar dissolved in it and 2 tbsp dried yeast, e.g. Allinson’s, stirred in well; 2½ lb/1.125 kg wholemeal flour; ½ lb/225 g pinhead oatmeal dry-toasted with 2 tsp salt; ½ lb/225 g pinhead oatmeal dry-toasted with 2 tsp salt; ½ pint/285 ml hand-hot water with 1 tbsp sugar dissolved in it and 2 tbsp dried yeast, e.g. Allinson’s, stirred in well; ½ pint/285 ml hand-hot water with 1 tbsp sugar dissolved in it and 2 tbsp dried yeast, e.g. Allinson’s, stirred in well; ½ pint/285 ml hand-hot water with 1 tbsp sugar dissolved in it and 2 tbsp dried yeast, e.g. Allinson’s, stirred in well; 2 garlic cloves, skinned and very finely chopped; 1 pint/570 ml hot water with 2 tsp salt and 1 tbsp molasses sugar stirred in; 1 pint/570 ml hot water with 2 tsp salt and 1 tbsp molasses sugar stirred in; 1 pint/570 ml hot water with 2 tsp salt and 1 tbsp molasses sugar stirred in

Preparation info

Makes
3
loaves

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Claire Macdonald Cookbook

By Claire Macdonald

Published 1997

About

This bread is delicious, and only takes about 45 minutes to make. You can freeze the extra loaves.

Ingredients

½ pint/285 ml hand-hot water with 1 tbsp sugar dissolved in it and

Winter
Vegan
Bread

Method

Leave the yeast liquid in a warm place till it forms a head of froth equal in size to the water beneath it. Then stir this into the flour, oatmeal and chopped garlic and stir in the sugar-and-salt water. Mix well, then turn the dough on to a floured surface and knead – I knead to a count of 200. Divide the dough into three equal-sized pieces, knead each one, and put them into three oiled tins (