white honey oat protein bread (13g per slice, no protein powder)

Ingredients

Ingredients

• 2 tsp active dry yeast
• 1/4 cups warm water
• 1/4 cups honey
• 1 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• 1-1/4 cups egg whites
• 1 cups cottage cheese
• 2 tbsp salted butter
• 3 cups bread flour
• 1/2 cups bread flour
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 large egg

Instructions

1. Pulse the 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats, 1-1/4 cups egg whites, and 1 cup cottage cheese briefly in a blender, don't overblend! Aim for about 10 seconds of blending total (so about 10 pulses that are 1 second each). Let sit 15-20 minutes to hydrate. It will thicken noticeably. This is what makes the oats disappear.
2. Stir the 1/4 cup honey into the 1/4 cup warm water in a large bowl using a wooden or stainless spoon. Add the 2 tsp active dry yeast and let sit 5 minutes until foamy.
3. Pour the soaked oats mixture and the 2 tbsp salted butter and 2 tsp salt into the bloomed yeast and stir. Add the 3 cups bread flour and mix with a wooden spoon until a shaggy dough forms.
4. Knead with a dough hook 6-8 minutes, or by hand 10-12. Add the 1/2 cup bread flour a tablespoon at a time only as needed, until the dough pulls from the sides and feels like an earlobe. You may not use it all, it's a rather wet dough.
5. Oil a clean bowl, turn the dough to coat, cover, and let rise in a warm spot until doubled. The oven with just the light on works great.
6. Punch down and shape into a log by rolling it out into a wide rectangle then fold the long sides over about 2-3 inches, then roll it up like a log from the short side. Place seam side down in a greased 9x5 loaf pan, cover, and let rise until the dough crowns about an inch above the rim. (Or split between two pans for more normal-size loaves.)
7. Preheat to 350°. Beat the 1 large egg and brush the top. Bake 60-75 minutes (or less for 2 smaller loaves), tenting with foil for the last 35 if the top is golden early. Done at 190° internal. It rises a ton in the oven!
8. Turn out onto a rack immediately and cool completely before slicing. Cutting it warm will gum the crumb. Slice into 10 thick slices.