Oatmeal Molasses Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 cup long cooking oats
2 tablespoons Crisco
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 ounce instant yeast
2 teaspoons salt
3/4 cup warm water
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup molasses
4 3/4 - 5 1/4 cups flour
1 tablespoon butter, melted

Preparation

in a bowl, combine first 4 ingredients -- set aside to cool --
in large mixng bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water, sprinkle with sugar, let stand 3 minutes.
add oat mixture, brown sugar, molasses and 3 cups of flour.mix well.
add enough remaining flour to form soft dough --
turn onto lightly floured surface and knead for 6-8 minutes.or until smooth and elastic.
place in a greased bowl,, turning to grease top.cover and let rise for 1 hour in a warm place.
punch dough down.divide in half and shape into loaves.
place in 2 greased 9x5\" loaf pans.
cover and let rise for 45 minutes.
bake at 375* for 30-35 minutes or golden brown.
cool in pans on rack for 10 minutes.
remove from pans and cool completely on rack.
brush with additional melted butter after 10 minutes of cooling -- .