Oatmeal Bread



                                         

I make my own bread once in the while but I have not made oatmeal bread  in a long time. I came across this recipe from  a  sweet story about a great grandmother on yummly.com. I had to try it.I have adapted  the  recipe to have some  whole wheat flour to have more fiber.
This bread is chewy, light, and delicious. I like it with jam, toasted with butter,  and as sandwich bread.
                                                                                                 

Breads here risen after one hour

slit with a blade the tops just before it goes in the oven

                                                           

                                                       

Here's how the recipe goes:

Ingredients:

2 cups of boiling milk
1 cup of rolled oats
31/2 cups of bread flour
2 cups of pastry whole wheat flour
4 tbsp of shortening or butter
2 tsp of sea salt
2 packets of fresh yeast
1/2 cup of warm water 105degrees
1 large egg
1/2 cup of honey

Heat the milk to a simmer and add oats and let it sit for one hour. Once milk is cooled add shortening, sea salt, honey, and egg.
Add to a measuring cup 1/2 cup of warm water, a pinch of sugar and the two packs of the fresh yeast let it bloom for 10 minutes.
On a large mixer with  the dough hook add the flours make whole in the center and add the cooled milk and ingredients and yeast to the bowl and mix slowly till you get a soft dough make a ball and let it rise to double, once risen cut dough in two and add two buttered rectangular pans 9x5, and let it rise again for about one hour.
Once breads are risen brush with milk and sprinkle some oats on top. Oven at 350 degrees for about one hour...