Oat Bread Recipe | The Gracious Pantry (2025)

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Nothing beats a warm, rustic, hearty loaf of oat bread. Especially when it’s arm out of the oven with a pat of butter. Yum!

Oat bread is a great replacement for regular wheat bread when you find you can suddenly no longer digest the wheat. Whether it’s due to Celiac or wheat sensitivities, the wheat in the States is fast becoming impossible for many to enjoy. Enter the humble oat. A grain that is as delicious, if not more so, and can give you a tasty loaf of bread you’ll enjoy for years to come.

Oat bread has more fiber, and offers a slightly nutty flavor that wheat bread just can’t give you. It adds more depth of flavor to your morning toast, which is never a bad thing! And let’s face it. Nothing beats the smell of fresh baked bread baking in the oven on a lazy weekend morning.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

1. Simple ingredients, no fancy equipment needed.
2. Naturally hearty and filling.
3. Great for sandwiches, toast, or as a side with soup.
4. Easily customizable (add nuts, seeds, or honey for a twist).

Recipe Variations

• Sweet Oat Bread: Add cinnamon and raisins.
• Cheesy Oat Bread: Mix in your favorite cheese. Parmesan is delicious!
• Gluten-Free Option: Make sure all ingredients you buy are labeled as gluten-free, including the oats.
• Dairy-Free Version: Use plant-based milk and yogurt along with an egg replacer.

What You’ll Need To Make Oat Bread

Yogurt – You can use plain yogurt, or plain Greek yogurt. Either will work. Greek yogurt will give you more protein.

Oats – Use smaller flakes of oats for a finer texture of bread. Thicker cut oats will give you more chew and a heartier texture.

Baking powder – Make sure it’s fresh.

Salt – Any type you normally cook with.

Egg – Room temperature will work best here.

Milk – You can use dairy milk or unsweetened non-dairy milk. Use your favorite.

Seed mixture – Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds.

Extra virgin olive oil – Or any light-flavored oil you prefer.

How To Make Oat Bread

Preheat oven to 350℉. and grease a standard loaf pan with butter or oil.

Measure and prep all ingredients.

In a mixing bowl, combine the oats, yogurt and egg. Mix well.

Add any remaining ingredients. For this recipe, it will be the seeds. But this is where you would add any other additions you want to add.

Mix well.

Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan.

Bake for 55 minutes, or until a knife pulls out clean. Allow it to sit for at least 30 minutes before removing the loaf from the pan.

Slice and serve.

How To Store & Reheat

Here’s how to keep and reheat leftovers. This applies to the uncut or cut loaf.

Cool Storage

Store in an airtight container and keep it in the fridge for 3-5 days.

Freeze

Slice before freezing for easy grab-and-toast pieces.

Reheat

Toast slices or warm the whole loaf in the oven at 300°F for a few minutes.

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