Description
DH loved the bread his grandmother always made. This is the closest we ever got to it. Use a bread machine for the dough and bake in the oven.
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats
- ¾ cup molasses
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups boiling water
- 1 tablespoon white sugar, divided
- ¼ cup warm water (about 100 degrees F/38 degrees C)
- 2 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast
- 4 ½ cups bread flour
- 1 ½ cups raisins
Instructions
- Place oats
- molasses
- butter
- and salt into the bread maker bowl; add the boiling water.
- Measure 1/4 teaspoon sugar into a small cup and set aside. Pour remaining sugar into the oat mixture and stir. Let mixture cool to about 100 degrees F/38 degrees C
- about 20 minutes.
- Pour warm water into the reserved sugar in the small cup; add yeast.
- Pour bread flour atop the oat mixture. Pour yeast mixture over the flour.
- Select Dough setting and press start. Check your owner’s manual to see how long the kneading lasts
- so you can add raisins to the dough 5 minutes before it finishes kneading. Let the bread maker run the full dough cycle
- about 1 hour
- though it will depend on your machine.
- Grease 2 bread pans.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Punch down dough
- but do not knead. Separate into two loaves and place in prepared pans; cover each with a damp towel and allow to rise for about 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Bake in preheated oven until the top is golden brown and the bottom of loaf sounds hollow when tapped
- 15 to 20 minutes.
Prep Time: 2 hrs
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 3 hrs 35 mins
Servings: 16