[This Oat Flour Bread post is sponsored by FREEE! All opinions are my own.]
This Oat Flour Bread is crusty on the outside, soft on the inside and has a lovely nutty flavour! It's filling and nutritious, and is a good source of protein and fibre. There's no kneading or proving time required and it comes together in one bowl. It's vegan, gluten-free, yeast-free, free from sugar, oil-free and nut-free optional. Perfect for making toast for breakfast!
Oats are naturally gluten-free, but they are usually processed using the same facilities as other grains including wheat, rye and barley, which contain gluten. So, most oats you buy will contain gluten through cross-contamination.
So, if you have coeliac disease, a gluten allergy or are severely gluten intolerant, you will have to make sure you buy gluten-free certified oats.
You can buy gluten-free certified oats in most supermarkets, local health stores or online.
Although you can buy oat flour, I much prefer to make my own as it's much cheaper and it's so easy to make.
1. Place the oats in a food processor.
2. Whizz until you get a fine powder.
I personally love these FREEE Gluten-Free Organic Porridge Oats.
I'm super excited to be making a recipe using a FREEE product as the brand has been a lifesaver for me as they also make my favourite gluten-free flours and pastas!
As well as the gluten-free oats, FREEE also have an entire range of breakfast cereals, including Cereal Flakes, Fibre Flakes, Corn Flakes and Chocolate Stars, which are all organic, gluten-free and vegan certified. Finding a quick breakfast that suits your dietary requirements is now as easy as one, two, FREEE!
All of the products are made in dedicated production facilities, which are gluten-free certified, which is great as you don't have to worry about cross-contamination!
How to make this recipe
Scroll down to the bottom of the post to see the full recipe.
- Transfer the oat flour into a glass mixing bowl and mix together with all the other ingredients.
Tip: Use a measuring jug to measure out the water.
- Transfer the batter into a one-pound loaf tin.
Tip: Line the tin with greased baking paper to make the bread easier to remove after.
- Sprinkle over mixed seeds and more oats to decorate, if desired.
- Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
Tip: Transfer the loaf to a cooling rack to cool down completely before packing away to store because otherwise the steam from the warm bread will get trapped and you'll end up with soggy bread!
- Best left to cool completely before slicing.
How long does this Oat Flour Bread keep for?
This bread keeps well covered in the fridge for a good few days. If not eaten on the day it's made, it's best toasted before eating.
Substitutions you can make
- You can replace the ground almonds (almond meal) with ground sunflower seeds, ground walnuts, ground pumpkin seeds or ground pecan nuts.
- For a nut-free version, replace the ground almonds with ground sunflower seeds or ground pumpkin seeds.
- You can replace the apple cider vinegar with lemon juice.
- If you want to use oat flour instead of making your own, you can use the 300 g (2 ½ cups) oat flour.
More gluten-free vegan bread recipes
- Gluten-Free Vegan Chickpea Bread
- Gluten-Free Vegan Blueberry Banana Bread
- Gluten-Free Vegan Irish Soda Bread
- Gluten-Free Vegan Almond Bread
- Gluten-Free Vegan Oat Bread
- Gluten-Free Vegan Dinner Rolls
- Gluten-Free Vegan Seeded Buckwheat Bread
- Gluten-Free Vegan Cornbread
- Gluten-Free Vegan Bread Rolls
- Gluten-Free Vegan Oatmeal Bread
- Gluten-Free Vegan Biscuits
- Flaxseed Bread
- Quinoa Bread
- or browse the whole collection!
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Watch how to make this recipe
Oat Flour Bread (Vegan + Gluten-Free)
Ingredients
- 300 g (3 cups) Freee Gluten-Free Organic Porridge Oats
- 300 g (2 ½ cups) ground almonds (almond meal) *
- 4 teaspoons baking powder (ensure gluten-free if necessary)
- ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- ¼ teaspoon salt to taste
- 475 ml (2 cups) water
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar (ensure gluten-free if necessary)
To decorate (optional):
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit).
- Place the oats in a food processor and whizz until you get a fine powder.
- Transfer into a large bowl.
- Add the ground almonds, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt and mix well.
- Add the water and vinegar and mix again.
- Transfer the mixture to a loaf tin (I used a one-pound loaf tin) lined with greased baking paper.
- Scatter over seeds and oats to decorate, if desired.
- Bake in the oven for around 30-40 minutes, until risen and an inserted skewer comes out clean.
- Leave to cool on a wire rack before putting away to store.
- Keeps well in the fridge for up to a few days.
Video
Notes
- If you want to use oat flour instead of making your own, you can use the 300 g (2 ½ cups) oat flour.
- You can replace the ground almonds (almond meal) with ground sunflower seeds, ground walnuts, ground pumpkin seeds or ground pecan nuts.
- For a nut-free version, replace the ground almonds with ground sunflower seeds or ground pumpkin seeds.
- You can replace the apple cider vinegar with lemon juice.
- If you’ve kept your bread in the oven for the right amount of time and it’s still not done in the centre and the outside is becoming hard/burnt, then I would recommend covering it with a piece of baking paper to prevent the outside from becoming burnt, and and continuing to bake it until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
- Make sure to leave the bread to cool down completely on a cooling rack before packing it away to store because otherwise the steam from the warm bread will get trapped and you’ll end up with soggy bread, which nobody wants!
- It keeps well covered in the fridge for a good few days. If not eaten on the day it’s made, it’s best toasted before eating.
- If you’re freezing it, you can just slice it up and put the whole thing in the freezer. Then when you want to eat it you can just pop the slices of bread in the toaster straight from frozen.
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Rochelle M
Would it be possible to sub in hazelnut flour for the almond meal?
Rhian Williams
Yes, though the texture will be more dry/crumbly!
Leigh
Can you use white vinegar instead of apple cider vinegar?
Rhian Williams
Yes!
Jse
Help please! This bread is delicious, however it crumbles when sliced, no matter how carefully I slice it. Any suggestions? Would adding eggs help to bind it together?? Thanks for your help.
Rhian Williams
Hi - I'm sorry to hear that. Are you leaving it to cool completely before slicing?
Aggie
Hi, can I also use flax seed meal to substitute the almond meal? Or perhaps mix it along with sunflower and pumpkin seeds? Thanks and can't wait to try this out!
Rhian Williams
Hi! I'm not sure about adding flaxseed meal to this recipe as I haven't tested it out! However, if you're looking for a flaxseed bread recipe, I have one here: https://www.rhiansrecipes.com/flaxseed-bread/ hope that helps!
Alana
Hi Rhian,
I have a gluten intolerance, and I was looking for simple recipes for gluten free bread. I wanted to know if it's possible to just double up on the oat flour if I don't want to include any nuts in this recipe.
Thank you!
x
Rhian Williams
Hi Alana, thank you so much for your question. Unfortunately it's not possible to do that - I tested it that way and it turned out terrible! you can replace the nuts with ground sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds. I've also got a lot of other bread recipes on my site that use different types of flours: https://www.rhiansrecipes.com/recipes/baking-desserts/bread/ I hope that helps!