Oatmeal Bread

Ingredients

• 1 cup quick oats
• 3 tablespoons shortening
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 3 tablespoons molasses
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 cups boiling water
• 1 package yeast
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 cup water, lukewarm
• 6 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 pour the boiling water over the quick oats, shortening, salt, molasses and 1/2 cup sugar.
• 2 let stand until lukewarm.
• 3 dissolve yeast and sugar in 1/2 cup lukewarm water and add to oat mixture. add flour and knead until firm.
• 4 let stand until double in size. form into 2 loaves and let rise again until double in size. bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.