Oatmeal Bread

Total Time: 4 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 1 package active dry yeast
• 1/2 cup water (110-115f)
• 5 cups sifted flour
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon water
• rolled oats

Recipe

• 1 scald milk.
• 2 stir in the 2 cups of oats, browm sugar, salt and shortening.
• 3 remove from heat and let cool to lukewarm.
• 4 sprinkle yeast on warm water and stir to dissolve.
• 5 add milk mixture and 2-cups flour to yeast.
• 6 beat with a electric mixer on med.
• 7 speed, scraping the bowl occasionally for 2 min.
• 8 (or beat with a spoon until batter is smooth).
• 9 add enough remaining flour, a little at a time (first with spoon then with your hands) to make a soft dough that leaved the sides of the bowl.
• 10 put on a floured board and knead dough untilsmooth and elastic (8-10 min.).
• 11 place dough in a lightly greased bowl and turn over to grease the other side.
• 12 cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size (1-1 1/2 hours).
• 13 punch down and let rise again until nearly doubled (aprox. 30 min.).
• 14 turn onto board and divide in half, round up to make 2 balls;cover and let rest for 10 minutes.
• 15 shape into loaves and place in a greased 9x5x3" loaf pans.
• 16 let rise until almost doubled (about 1 hr).
• 17 brush tops of loaves with egg beaten with water and sprinkle with oats.
• 18 bake in a 375f degrees oven about 40 minutes.
• 19 if bread starts to brown quickly, cover loosely with a sheet of aluminum foil after baking at least 15 minutes.