Grams Brown Bread Recipe

How to make it

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• Pour 3 Cups boiling water over 1 cup oatmeal
• cool with 2 to 4 cups water
• add salt, shortening, yeast, sugar, molassas, and nut meats. Mix well
• add enough flour to make a hard loaf
• let rise
• shape into loaves, let rise again
• bake at 400 F for 10 min
• turn oven down to 350, bake an additional 50 min.
• remove from pans and cool on wire rack.
• (makes 3 to 4 loaves)
• dinner rolls
• bake in moderate oven untill brown.
• Notes:
• 1) this is as the recipe reads. (from my great grand mother)
• 2) The nuts are optional (I use 1 cup chopped walnuts).
• 3) I assume that step 2 is cooling the boiling water to 125 F+/-- for the yeast.
• 4) I usualy use about 4 pounds of flour (hard loaf) and this does need to be kneaded.
• 5) butter the loaf before letting rise the first time. cover the loaf with a light towl and let rise in a warm draft free place.
• 7) butter the pans
• 8) I assume moderate oven is 350 F to 375 F.