Best Old Fashioned Oatmeal Bread Recipes

GRANDMA'S OLD FASHIONED OATMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• 1. In large bowl, pour boiling water over oatmeal and shortening. Let stand until lukewarm.
• 2. Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water and molasses in small bowl.
• 3. Sift flour and salt together.
• 4. Add dissolved yeast to rolled oats mixture, then add flour. Mix well. Knead thoroughly. Brush top with melted butter or oil (I use olive oil). Place in large greased bowl. Let rise until double in bulk, about 2 hours.
• 5. Shape into 2 loaves. Place in buttered bread pans. Spread evenly. Let rise again until nearly doubled in bulk, about 1-1/2 hours.
• 6. Bake in preheated 450 degree F oven for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 325 degrees F and bake about 1 more hour.

OLD-FASHIONED OATMEAL BROWN BREAD

Steps:

• 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.
• Butter two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
• 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.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bake loaves in the preheated oven until tops are golden brown, about 40 minutes.

OLD FASHIONED OATMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Bake on Sweet Bread cycle.
• Recipe is for large loaf (1. 5 lb).
• Measure all ingredients EXACTLY- close is not"good enough".
• Water temperature must be between 70 and 80 degrees.
• Load ingredients in the pan IN THE ORDER LISTED.
• Keep yeast away from liquid, Make indention in flour for yeast.