Granny's Oatmeal Bread

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 cups rolled oats
• 2 cups boiling water
• 1 cup scalded whole milk
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 2/3 cup molasses
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
• 6 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon salt

Recipe

• in a large bowl pour the boiling water over the rolled oats. add the scalded milk and stir. pour in the oil and molasses. stir well.
• in a separate bowl mix the sugar with the yeast and 1 cup of the flour. when the oatmeal mixture has cooled to lukewarm add the yeast-flour mixture. stir in the salt and remaining 5 cups of flour. knead dough for 6 to 8 minutes. place the dough in a covered greased bowl and let rise until doubled, about 1 1/2 hours.
• punch the dough down. knead for 2 minutes. divide dough into two pieces and place into greased 9x5x3 inch loaf pans. cover pans and let rise until almost doubled in size.
• bake in a preheated 350 degree f (175 degrees c) oven for 1 hour, or until nicely browned. let the loaves cool on a rack. remove loaves from pan; wrap well and store in a cool spot.