Steel Cut Oat Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup steel cut oats
1/4 cup dark molasses
1 tablespoon softened butter
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups boiling water
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/4 cup warm water
1/4 ounce dry yeast
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 cup nuts, coarse-chopped (optional)

Preparation

Measure oats, molasses, butter and salt into a mixing bowl.
Pour boiling water over these ingredients. Stir in 2 cups flour. Cool.
While this mixture is cooling mix dry yeast with 1/4 cup warm water.
After flour mixture is cool add yeast mixture and stir in 2 cups flour. Add nuts if desired. Knead mixture until smooth and let rise in a covered greased mixing bowl. When mixture is doubled punch down and form into loaf.
Preheat oven to 375 Place dough in a 5\" x 9\" greased loaf pan. Let rise until doubled. Bake bread 40 - 50 minutes or until brown.