Honey Oatmeal Bread

Total Time: 2 hrs 55 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup boiling water
• 1/4 cup oats
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat bread flour
• 1 cup unbleached flour
• 1/4 cup flax seed meal
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 teaspoons fast rising yeast
• 1/4 cup warm water

Recipe

• 1 mix boiling water, oats, honey, and olive oil and let it sit 10-15 minutes. meanwhile mix dry ingredients (except yeast) in standing mixer with dough hook- otherwise us bowl and wooden spoon. make well in top of dry ingredients and add yeast. start up mixer again and add the wet ingredients (oatmeal mixture)- add last 1/4 cup of warm water if needed. dough should form ball after a minute or two in the mixer with the dough hook- if you are mixing by hand do so until it forms a ball. dough should not feel sticky to the touch. let it rise in a greased bowl for 1 hour- it should double in size. form it into 1 loaf and put it in a buttered loaf pan. let it rise again until doubled in size- about 45 minutes.
• 2 bake at 375 for 25-30 minutes or until sides separate a bit from the sides of the pan and it sounds hollow when you knock on the bottom.