Oatmeal Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 c. warm water
3 or 4 Tbsp. honey
2 Tbsp. baking yeast
3 c. cooked oatmeal (if using leftover oatmeal, heat until warm)
13 to 13 1/2 c. whole wheat flour
1 Tbsp. salt
1 c. chopped dates or raisins (optional)

Preparation

In mixing bowl, combine water, honey and yeast.
Let set until mixture bubbles.
Beat into yeast mixture 5 cups whole wheat flour.
Beat 5 minutes by hand or with an electric mixer.
Let set a few minutes.
Then mix in salt, oatmeal and 8 to 8 1/2 cups of flour.
Add chopped dates or raisins.
Knead 8 to 10 minutes. Cover and let rise 1 hour.
Divide dough into 4 balls.
Form into 4 loaves, making sure you work dough hard enough to get large air bubbles out.
Place in 4 medium sized SilverStone loaf pans or four medium loaf pans that have been sprayed with Pam.
Let rise about 1/2 hour.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour.
Makes 4 medium loaves.