Oatmeal Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. oatmeal
1/3 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. salt
1 qt. boiling water
1 pkg. yeast
8 c. flour (more or less) (1 c. could be stone ground wheat)

Preparation

Stir oatmeal, sugar, salt and boiling water.
Let sit until lukewarm.
Add yeast.
Stir in flour and knead.
Cover and allow to rise.
Punch down and let rise again.
Stir down and make into 3 loaves, 3 x 8 x 4-inch greased bread tins.
Let rise until double in bulk.
Bake in 400\u00b0 oven for 20 minutes.
Turn down oven to 325\u00b0 and bake another 20 minutes.