Bread Recipe ∞ Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Brown Bread

Rich, dense, sweet -- enough said. Such a good toast bread!

Ingredients

• 1 cup old-fashioned oatmeal
• 2 ⅓ cups boiling water
• ⅓ cup molasses
• ½ cup butter
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 6 cups bread flour, or more as needed
• 2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Cooking Directions

1. Pour boiling water over oats in a large bowl; let soften, about 1 hour. Add molasses, butter, and yeast; mix well. Add flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition until dough sticks together. Cover with a towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
2. Butter two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
3. Punch down dough and turn onto a lightly floured surface. Shape into 2 balls and let rest for 10 minutes. Form balls into loaves and place into the prepared pans. Cover loaves with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in volume, about 30 minutes.
4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
5. Bake loaves in the preheated oven until tops are golden brown, about 40 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories91.3
• carbohydrateContent8.7 g
• cholesterolContent15.3 mg
• fatContent6.1 g
• fiberContent0.6 g
• proteinContent0.9 g
• saturatedFatContent3.7 g
• sodiumContent335.7 mg
• sugarContent3.8 g