I made this bread for the first time yesterday and it is some of the best tasting bread I've ever made. It smells so good and tastes even better.
Oatmeal Bread
This recipe is very wet and really needs either a large bread machine or a stand mixer to make it.
Cook until it starts to thicken then cool to warm:
2 cups water
1-1/3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup powdered milk
Mix well and let it bubble while oatmeal cools
1 cup warm water
1 cup flour
1 tablespoon yeast
Put warm oats in large bread machine or in the bowl of your stand mixer and stir in:
yeast mixture
3 tablespoons honey
1/4 cup oil
1 whole egg
3 egg yolks
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoons dough conditioner
4 tablespoons vital wheat gluten
2 cups whole wheat flour
Whip until smooth, cover and let sit for 2 hours to soften the whole wheat flour, mixture will rise
Then deflate and mix in:
3-1/2 cups all purpose flour
Run the dough cycle through twice....or knead with mixer for 10 minutes then let the dough rise to the top of the mixer bowl and repeat.
Shape into 2 loaves and place in pan and let rise 35 minutes.
Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 35 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 180 degrees....DO NOT OVERBAKE
