Recipe For Cooking Cinnamon Oatmeal Bread With Icing

Toast Oven Breads :: Sweet and Savory Yeast Breads

Cinnamon Oatmeal Bread with Icing

Posted by Rudy2 at recipegoldmine.com May 31, 2001

1 pkg. active dry yeast
3/4 C. warm water (110º)
1/4 C. vegetable shortening
1/4 C. sugar
1 egg
2 Tbsp. cocoa
1 tea. salt
2 1/4 C. flour
1/4 C. oatmeal
2 Tbsp. melted butter
1 1/2 tea. cinnamon
3 Tbsp. sugar

Brown Butter Glaze
1 1/2 Tbsp. butter
3/4 C. sifted powdered sugar
1 Tbsp. cream
1/2 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring

Dissolve yeast in water. Add vegetable shortening, sugar, egg, cocoa, salt and 1 C. of the flour. Beat 2 min. at med. speed of mixer, scraping bowl frequently. Stir in remaining flour and oats and blend until smooth. Scrape batter from sides of bowl and cover bowl. Let rise until double in bulk, about 1 hr..

Stir down batter by beating about 25 strokes. Turn out on floured board (dough will be soft) and divide into 8 equal parts. Shape each into a ball, roll in butter and then in cinnamon and sugar which have been blended together. Place balls of dough next to each other in a prepared 9 x 5-in. bread pan. Cover. Let rise until double in bulk (about 40 min.).

Bake at 375 degrees F for 35 min.

Remove from pan immediately. Cool.

Prepare glaze by browning butter in a saucepan over med. heat until a delicate brown. Blend in remaining ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over cooled loaf.