Brown Bread Recipe - Copycat Cheesecake Factory

This is the BEST Brown Bread Recipe EVER! The taste and texture are a copycat of the beloved Cheesecake Factory bread. So good!

Course Appetizer, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword brown bread, copycat recipe

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 30

Idle Time 2 40

Total Time 3 30

Servings loaves

Calories 741kcal

In a bowl, combine the two flours, cocoa powder, brown sugar, and salt with a whisk then set aside.
In a separate bowl, combine the warm water, molasses, honey, and yeast, mixing together. Let the yeast activate in the mixture for 10 minutes.
In the dry ingredient mixing bowl, create a divet in the middle to place the wet ingredient mixture.
After the 10 minutes have passed add the warm water mixture into the center of the dry ingredients.
Fold this together until a dough forms. It’s ok if it is not fully mixed, you are going to transfer this to a clean surface to begin kneading.
Knead the dough for 5-8 minutes or until the dough is a smooth ball.
Place the dough into an oil-coated bowl and roll the dough around in it to coat. Set the dough ball in the middle and cover it with plastic wrap.
Let this rise at room temperature for 2 hours.
Once the 2 hours have passed remove the dough from the bowl and separate it into 3 even-sized pieces.
Roll out each ball into a long log. Place the 3 logs on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Rub a little bit of water across the top of each log and sprinkle with the rolled oats topping.
Cover in plastic wrap again and let sit for 30 more minutes.
Remove the plastic wrap from the dough and then bake the loaves at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let cool for about 10 minutes.
Slice with a bread knife and cover with butter, enjoy while still warm!