OATMEAL RAISIN SWIRL BREAD
This Oatmeal Raisin Bread has a swirl of delicious brown sugar and spices in the center. It’s one of our favorite breads and it’s great with coffee!
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❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE
We love this style of quick bread, takes nothing to make and it’s delicious. Great for brunch with friends or afternoon coffee or tea. It has a wonderful flavor and it’s super versatile. Not a fan of raisins, that is okay.. leave them out. The bread will still be great, this is a recipe you will make over and over.
🍴KEY INGREDIENTS
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Quick-cooking oats
- Salt
- White granulated sugar
- Eggs
- Buttermilk
- Sour cream
- Butter, melted
- Vanilla extract
- Raisins
Swirl and Glaze Ingredients:
- Brown sugar
- Ground cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Pecans or walnuts (optional)
- Powdered Sugar
- Milk
- Vanilla
🍽️HOW TO MAKE
This is an easy recipe to make and it doesn’t take a lot of time which is always a plus! Just make sure you have all of your ingredients out and organized before you start, that way you don’t forget to add any!
COOKING STEPS
Step 1
Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, oats and salt. Cream sugar and eggs, add buttermilk, sour cream, melted butter and vanilla with mixer.
Step 2
Combine with flour mixture and mix well. Fold in raisins. Pour batter in a sprayed 9X5 inch bread pan.
Step 3
Spread the swirl mixture over the top and cut into the batter with a knife until swirled throughout the mixture.
Step 4
Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 65 to 70 minutes until center tests done. Add glaze.
Step 5
Whisk together and drizzle over cooled bread.
⭐TIP
Don’t like raisins, simply leave them out. Many have posted they have made this bread without it and thought it was fantastic. Also, if you love raisins, you can soak them in water to plump them up before you add them to the bread.
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STORING, REHEATING & SERVING SIZE
We store this bread in an airtight container and reheat in the microwave. It’s great at room temperature but it’s delicious heated up with a little butter. This makes about 8 servings.
Oatmeal Raisin Swirl Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 stick or 8 tablespoons or 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 to 1 cup raisins
Swirl Ingredients
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 cup nut pieces pecans or walnuts (optional)
Topping or Glaze Ingredients
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 3 or 4 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, oats and salt. Cream sugar and eggs, add buttermilk, sour cream, melted butter and vanilla with mixer. Combine with flour mixture and mix well. Fold in raisins.
- Pour batter in a sprayed 9 x 5 inch bread pan. Spread the swirl mixture over the top and cut into the batter with a knife until swirled throughout the mixture. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 65 to 70 minutes until center tests done. Add glaze below.
Glaze Instructions
- Whisk together and drizzle over cooled bread.
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This is really fantastic! So moist! Made it for some friends and kept one piece for myself! couldn’t resist! Definitely will be making this again and again!
Luci, so glad you loved this one, we do too! It’s wonderful with coffee.
I was bored on a snow day and made this with chocolate chips instead of raisins because that was what I had on hand. It truly is delicious and easy and can be whipped up on a whim.
I can’t stop laughing at the reviewer who said hers “boiled over”. Some people just need to stick to take out. So she screws up and wants to leave a bad review when she’s the one with no clue in the kitchen.
Thank you for posting this! It popped up in my Facebook feed at the perfect time.
YAY! We are so thrilled you gave this recipe a try and it was a hit. We love this one too and I agree.. it baffles me when someone messes up a recipe and then BLAMES the recipe! haha!
it boiled over the sides of my loaf pan and made a stinking mess of my oven (house). It has 8 more min of cook time and it’s still boiling out raw batter.
No idea what went wrong. Maybe divide it into two loaf pans if I attempt this again.
This bread is baked, not boiled. Are you sure you used a 9X5 loaf pan? There is no reason why you would need a bigger pan for this bread. As you can see from the pictures it bakes just fine. If you actually baked it and it overflowed you more than likely overmixed the batter which would cause it to overflow.
Wonderful recipe! I love oatmeal and raisins and this was just what I was looking for. Turned out great!
Has anyone who lives in higher altitude (5200 ft) tried this recipe?
Looks delicious!
This oatmeal raisin swirl bread looks so delicious, will definitely have to give this recipe a try.
Caroline x
This recipe and the picture look great.. Will be making tomorrow to take to friends.. Thankyou. Sue
Thank you for the recipes. I have saved a few to try at a later time.
You’re very welcome Dianne. Glad to hear you are enjoying them.
Do I have to add raisins? Will it make bread taste different? Don’t like raisins!
Many have posted on Facebook they made the bread without raisins and it was wonderful! So give it a try.
I made your oatmeal raisin swirl bread, it is outrageously delicious…!
Thank you Mona! So happy you enjoyed this recipe. Have a great week ahead and thank you for letting me know!
Can I use old fashioned it’s instead of quick oats in this recipe? That’s the kind I have.
I think you will be ok with the old fashioned, Becky
I’ve loved your recipes for years plus my Facebook friends enjoy, too.
Thank you so much Charlette. You have made my day and I am so happy to have you as a follower. It is lovely people like you that make this site worthwhile. I am so lucky to have so many great people and so many that have been with me for so long. Thank you again for your wonderful comment here. Have a great week ahead.