Recipe - Hardy Oatmeal Bread

6 cup Allpurpose flour;
unbleached
One half cup Whole wheat flour;
stoneground
2 tablespoon Brown sugar
2 tablespoon Butter
2 tablespoon Yeast
1 tablespoon Salt
2 cup Oatmeal
2 cup Hot water
2/3 cup Warm water

Pour 2 cups hot water over oatmeal. Set aside. Mix brown sugar into 2/3 cup
warm water and add yeast to proof. When yeast has foamed & frothed to
about twice the original volume, add to oatmeal mixture. Add remaining
ingredients. Knead well. Let rise until doubled. Punch down shape into
loaves and let rise again. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes. Makes 23
loaves.
Recipe By : Sharon Beck

Posted to EATL Digest 7 October 96

Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 11:18:11 0400

From: Sharon Beck parasol@BUFFNET.NET