Oatmeal Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. boiling water
1 c. oats
2 pkg. yeast
1/3 c. warm water
6 c. flour
2 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. honey or molasses
2 Tbsp. margarine or butter

Preparation

Combine boiling water and oats.
Let stand 30 minutes.
Mix yeast and warm water and let stand 5 minutes.
Mix oats, yeast, salt, honey, butter and about 4 cups of the flour in a very large bowl.
Knead in remaining 2 cups flour.
(It will be hard work.) Let rise until doubled, 2 to 3 hours.
Punch down dough.
Divide in half and stretch each portion to cover bottoms of 2 greased loaf pans.
Let double again, 1 to 2 hours.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for about 50 minutes.
(Is faster to use RapidRise yeast.)