It seems it is the season of quick breads on many a food blog right now, with St. Patrick’s Day this month. “Quick breads” is also the theme for Bread Baking Day (a.k.a BBD) this month.
A quick bread is different from yeasted breads in that chemical leaveners like baking powder and/ or baking soda or cream of tartar are used instead of yeast. So there is no long process of proofing or rising involved here and hence the name “quick” bread.
Quick breads can be made using the muffin method (mixing the dry and wet ingredients lightly), the creaming method (creaming the sugar and fat as for cakes) and the biscuit method (cutting chilled fat into flour as for pie crusts). It is important not to work the dough or batter too much, no matter what method is followed to make quick breads.
Muffins, cornbread, panckes, waffles, scones (or biscuits), certain fruit breads including the banana bread and soda bread are all quick breads.
Looking for a quick bread to bake for BBD, I decided I wanted to make something “hatke”. In Hindi, the word “hatke” means “away from the trodden path” or “different”. Not Irish soda bread (not this month), not fruit muffins (I just made some strawberry muffins and zucchini bread, and I don’t like banana in bread), no scones or biscuits (want to keep the fats down) or waffles (I should post one of mine) but something “hatke”!
If you were somewhat familiar with the Bollywood (the world of Indian popular cinema) actor lingo of sometime back, “hatke” used to be a favourite expression of many an upcoming actor. Whenever they were asked about their character/ part in a particular movie, many actors would say it was “hatke” meaning different from the usual run of the mill movies everyone else was doing. What this “hatke” would invariably translate as was that they were doing the same old stuff Bollywood was churning out in huge numbers, but that their costume or make-up was different!!
And I must say, my “hatke” story here is somewhat Bollywood style!!! My quick bread didn’t turn out all that different either. If you look carefully at the recipe, you will find that it really is a mega muffin posing as a bread.
I found the recipe at Eating Well and I tweaked it slightly to make it eggless and added some raisins. If you are careful to ensure that the batter is not over-mixed, this recipe produces a reasonably light and soft bread. And no one would believe it has oats in it because you just can’t see it in the bread.
[wpurp-searchable-recipe] – It seems it is the season of quick breads on many a food blog right now, with St. Patrick’s Day this month. “Quick breads” is also the theme for [Bread Baking Day (a.k.a BBD)]( – whole wheat flour, rolled, all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, low fat, low fat, oil, mild, powdered, Place all the dry ingredients (the first 6 ingredients above, keeping the 1 1/2 tbsp of oats aside) in a bowl and whisk a couple of times to mix them well.; In another bowl, whisk together all the wet ingredients just enough to mix them. Make a well ion the dry ingredients and pour the wet mixture into it. Very gently mix the two together, taking care not to over mix. The batter will be quite thick and lumpy.; Scrape this batter into a greased loaf pan and sprinkle the 1 1/2 tbsp of oats on top. Bake the loaf at 190C for about 45 minutes till the top is brown (not dark) and a skewer/ knife inserted into the loaf comes out clean.; Cool the loaf in the tin for about 15 to 20 minutes and then turn it out on a rack to cool completely. Slice and serve.; This bread tastes better the next day. Its excellent, when toasted and buttered, along with a cup of coffee or tea.; [/wpurp-searchable-recipe]
Honey Oatmeal Quick Bread
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 cup oats rolled + 1 1/2 tbsps
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 1/4 tsps baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup yogurt low fat plain
- 1 cup milk low fat
- 1/4 cup honey mild flavoured
- 1 tbsp flax seed water powdered + warm + 3 tbsps
Instructions
- Place all the dry ingredients (the first 6 ingredients above, keeping the 1 1/2 tbsp of oats aside) in a bowl and whisk a couple of times to mix them well.
- In another bowl, whisk together all the wet ingredients just enough to mix them. Make a well ion the dry ingredients and pour the wet mixture into it. Very gently mix the two together, taking care not to over mix. The batter will be quite thick and lumpy.
- Scrape this batter into a greased loaf pan and sprinkle the 1 1/2 tbsp of oats on top. Bake the loaf at 190C for about 45 minutes till the top is brown (not dark) and a skewer/ knife inserted into the loaf comes out clean.
- Cool the loaf in the tin for about 15 to 20 minutes and then turn it out on a rack to cool completely. Slice and serve.
- This bread tastes better the next day. Its excellent, when toasted and buttered, along with a cup of coffee or tea.
I'm Aparna and My Diverse Kitchen is my ovo-lacto vegetarian food blog where you'll find recipes, food stories & photography. I've been blogging since 2007 and believe the kitchen, and the dining table (by extension) is really the heart of a home. 
I love raisin breads, with a good slab of butter inthe morning, just delicious and your raisin bread looks yummy.I do love Bollywood movie, and have few DVD which i bought last time when we were in India,some of them hubby likes, but when it is mushy one then he don’tlike to watch them so i watch them when he is gone out of country.
That is truly a hatke loaf
what a lovely bread! looks wonderful, sounds wonderful! a lovely entry!
and a “hatke” post! 😀 No.serously, it was fun to read. 🙂
Looks delicious! I can smell the aroma wafting in!Thank you for sharing!Arun
really quick… nice 🙂
that’s a yummy looking bread 🙂
That pic with butter on the slice make me want to pick it up & bite into it right now…I still need to make an oat bread, & good info for novice bakers like me about the quick breads & kinds.
I love oatmeal bread and banana bread as well! In fact I made the latter yesterday and my son is asking for more. Will post it for BBD:) If you tell me that tastes like a muffin I am going to gobble it!! As for Bollywood:Your hatke recipe has me ‘latke’. Hung here:)
Oats n raisin bread..sounds healthy and delicious.Its indeed a different loaf!
Wow..Healthy ,Healthy Healthy..Love raisin bread..Delicious..
nice! good choice for BBD. Love it 🙂
I love Oat and raisin combo, looks great Aparna. I am trying to catch up with all the events these days, hardly baking. Got to bake something soon! :))
love the oatmeal raisin combo!! great entry!
looks fabulous and healthy! and I just love the second pic:) thanks for sharing this Aparna!:)
Was waiting for this Aparna.Love the hatke loaf.Unless mentioned nobody will believe it has oats.Too professional loaf.You can also send it JFI :Wheat I think at Romaspace.blogspot and also to Homemmades:Breads at (http://whatscooking.us/smf/ind…
I think you’re always gonna call this loaf the hatke loaf after this. I really like the recipe Aparna. Looks very doable. I hope to come back to it and make it.
I love raisin bread contrary I hate the cinnamom flavor. U ve a great taste Aparna! I like this recipe without cinnamom. The loaf is simply gorgeous 🙂
Amazing bread, wat a healthy bread,love the addition of raisin, gorgeous bread!!
Aparna, your quick bread looks wonderful! I have promised myself now that we are into our new place, I want to fill it with the amazing smell of bread baking!
Fantastic recipe,Aparna. Love all the combination u have used.
I love oatmeal.This looks delicious.And its vegan..cool..I have all the ingredients, will try this 🙂
I love quick breads. I’ve never really mastered the yeast bread thing.
Just today, I was thinking why no quick bread post from you for BBD. And here it is. Lovely bread. Looks professional.
Sound delicious!!
This is awesome, Aparna. I’ve been looking for a simple recipe like this. So, I wil surely try this!
Ahem ahem..I made a Soda bread for BBD;-)lol!!…I loved your description of the bread..giant muffin..sounds like a great idea,but the bread is definitely hatke;-)
Very professional slice of bread!
HC,There are many good Bollywood movies being made these days. And yes, I like movies too. My husband doesn’t like “mushy” movies either and I don’t like “dishum” movies but there are many others we watch together.:)My pleasure, Arun.:D Harini.Looking forward to your BBD post.That’s ok, Asha. Its good to take these breaks. I’m looking forward to taking one myself, sometime soon I hope.Thanks, Sweatha. I just sent it to Roma. I have another bread to send to Ben.:)I think so too, Bharti now that you have suggested it.:)Thanks, Jamie. Your new kitchen should definitely be inspiring you.:)Divya, that’s good. I never have baked a soda bread so far. Maybe next month.
Oh..yum..I do make my normal yeast breads like this..with lots of oats n nuts n craisins..I loved that last pic..:)
I really like the sound of this quick bread, it definitely goes into my to do list 🙂
Mouthwatering bread. Can you pass me a slice.
i had seen raisin breads at HC’s blog and since then i am having serious craving for them. urs look so gorgeous aparna!
This is definitely more “hatke” than our usual Bollywood performance!
look at tht lovely loaf of bread. loved the pic with the butter on the slice of bread. really nice
Soooooooooooooooo gooooooood, I should enjoy it with my rose milk.