Steel Cut Oat Bread

Total Time: 3 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup steel cut oats
• 1/4 cup dark molasses
• 1 tablespoon softened butter
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups boiling water
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup warm water
• 1/4 ounce dry yeast
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 cup nuts, coarse-chopped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 measure oats, molasses, butter and salt into a mixing bowl.
• 2 pour boiling water over these ingredients. stir in 2 cups flour. cool.
• 3 while this mixture is cooling mix dry yeast with 1/4 cup warm water.
• 4 after flour mixture is cool add yeast mixture and stir in 2 cups flour. add nuts if desired. knead mixture until smooth and let rise in a covered greased mixing bowl. when mixture is doubled punch down and form into loaf.
• 5 preheat oven to 375 place dough in a 5" x 9" greased loaf pan. let rise until doubled. bake bread 40 - 50 minutes or until brown.