Oatmeal Molasses Bread

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

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups boiling water
• 1 cup long cooking oats
• 2 tablespoons crisco
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 ounce instant yeast
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 3/4 cup warm water
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 4 3/4-5 1/4 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, combine first 4 ingredients -- set aside to cool --
• 2 in large mixng bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water, sprinkle with sugar, let stand 3 minutes.
• 3 add oat mixture, brown sugar, molasses and 3 cups of flour.mix well.
• 4 add enough remaining flour to form soft dough --
• 5 turn onto lightly floured surface and knead for 6-8 minutes.or until smooth and elastic.
• 6 place in a greased bowl,, turning to grease top.cover and let rise for 1 hour in a warm place.
• 7 punch dough down.divide in half and shape into loaves.
• 8 place in 2 greased 9x5" loaf pans.
• 9 cover and let rise for 45 minutes.
• 10 bake at 375* for 30-35 minutes or golden brown.
• 11 cool in pans on rack for 10 minutes.
• 12 remove from pans and cool completely on rack.
• 13 brush with additional melted butter after 10 minutes of cooling -- .