Sweet Molasses Oatmeal Bread Food

SOFT OATMEAL MOLASSES BREAD

Steps:

• 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 -- .

OATMEAL MOLASSES BREAD - NO YEAST QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Combine milk, oats, molasses and oil in a bowl.
• Measure flours by lightly spooning into measuring cups and levelling with a knife. As you may know, "scooping" flour will cause you to use too much.
• Whisk or sift together flours, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
• Add wet mixture to dry mixture and stir just until combined.
• Add raisins, stirring "until the dough pulls together in a shaggy mass". The original recipe suggests a wooden spoon for this.
• Split dough in half. With each half, turn out onto a floured surface and knead for 1 minute. Expect the dough to be sticky and wet. Form into a 6-inch round loaf and place on a baking tray sprinkled with cornmeal.
• Make 3, 1/4 inch deep, diagonal cuts across each loaf.
• Bake at 400°F for 20 minutes, then for 15 minutes more at 375°F These loaves will look browned before they are actually finished, so test for doneness by "knocking" on the bottom of the loaf. It will sound hollow when finished.
• Let stand about 15 minutes before slicing to serve.

MOLASSES OAT BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, pour boiling water over cereal. Add the molasses, sugar, oil and salt. Let stand until mixture cools to 110°-115°, stirring occasionally. Stir in yeast. Add 8 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Add enough remaining flour to form a soft dough., Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1-1/2 hours., Punch dough down and divide into thirds; shape into loaves. Place in three greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. , Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

MY FAVORITE MOLASSES OATMEAL BREAD MACHINE BREAD

Steps:

• Add 1 cup water to measuring cup.
• Crack egg into water.
• Add additional lukewarm water to make 1 1/4 cup.
• Mix egg and water with fork and pour into bread machine pan.
• Add additional ingredients in order in recipe.
• Set bread machine settings to basic white setting with light crust.
• If dough appears too sticky, add a small amount of bread flour to pan. Keep adding until dough leaves side of pan.

MOLASSES OATMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Pour boiling water over oats and let stand about 1/2 hour.
• Sprinkle yeast and 1 tsp sugar into warm water. Let stand 10 minutes, then stir.
• Add molasses, sugar, salt and butter to the cooled oatmeal; blend well.
• Stir in dissolved yeast.
• Add enough flour to make a soft dough.
• Turn out on floured board and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
• Place in a greased bowl; turn to grease top.
• Cover with a clean towel and let rise in a warm place until double -- about 1 hour.
• Punch down and knead lightly for 2 minutes.
• Divide dough in half and shape into loaves. Place in greased pans.
• Cover and let rise until double.
• Bake at 400 degrees 45 -55 minutes.
• Note* If bread darkens too much for your liking while baking -- cover with a piece of tin foil -- shiny side up. This will help it from darkening any further.
• I don't do this -- as we like it dark.

SWEET MOLASSES OATMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Pour oats and water into a small saucepan and cook over medium high heat.
• Stir until the oats soften and the water is absorbed (about 5 minutes).
• Set aside to cool.
• Dissolve the yeast in the warm water in a large bowl and let sit for about 5 minutes.
• Add and mix molasses, salt oil eggs and cooled oatmeal.
• Gradually stir in the flour until the dough begins to form itself into a ball.
• Knead the dough on a floured surface for 5- 10 minutes or until it is smooth and elastic.
• Place the dough into an oiled bowl and let rise for 1 hour or until double its size.
• Punch down dough and divide it into loaves.
• Place loaves into two well greased loaf pans and let them rise again for 1 hour or until doubled.
• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Bake loaves for 30-35 minutes or until medium brown on top and on the sides.
• It is a good idea to be careful with this bread since it is delicate and can tear or stick if you try to remove it from the pans too soon.
• Enjoy!

SWEET OATMEAL BREAD (ABM, BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Use the least amount of liquid listed in the recipe!
• Place all ingredients in bread pan, in the order recommended by your brand of machine.
• Select Basic/Standard and Light Crust settings; Press Start.
• Observe the dough as it kneads; After 5 to 10 minutes, if it appears dry and stiff or if your machine sounds as if it's straining to knead it, add more liquid 1 tablespoon at a time until the dough forms a smooth, soft, pliable ball that is slightly tacky to the touch.
• After baking, remove from pan and cool for one hour before slicing; great toasted!

OATMEAL MOLASSES BREAD

Steps:

• In bread machine pan, place ingredients in order given.
• Select "white" or "wheat", depending on which flour you used.
• Bake according to bread machine directions.
• Makes a 1 1/2 pound loaf.