Oatmeal Bread

Total Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (1/4 ounce) packages yeast
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 6 -6 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups oats

Recipe

• 1 dissovle yeast in warm water.
• 2 combine milk and cold water, heat.
• 3 pour hot liquid over over butter, sugar and salt, stirring until butter melts. cool to lukewarm.
• 4 stir in 2 cups flour, dissolved yeast and oats.
• 5 stir in additional flour to make dough soft.
• 6 turn onto floured surface: knead about 8 to 10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
• 7 shape to form ball, place in greased bowl, turning over to coat surface of dough.
• 8 cover; let rise in warm place about 1 hour or untildoubled in size.
• 9 punch dough down.
• 10 cover; let rest 10 minutes.
• 11 shape into 2 loaves; brush with melted butter.
• 12 cover let rise additional 45 minutes or nearly doubled in size.
• 13 bake in pre-heated over for 45 to 50 minutes.