Whole Wheat Oatmeal Brown Bread

You will need:

3 cups of oats

4 cups of whole wheat flour

1/2 cup of molasses

1 pack of yeast

2 tablespoons of oil

1 tablespoon of agave nectar or honey

1/2 tsp of salt

2 cups of boiling hot water

1/2 cup of luke warm water

Place 1 cup of oats in mixing bowl and add 2 cups of freshly boiled water.

Stir and add in 2 tablespoons of oil and 1/2 tsp of salt. Set mixture aside.

In a separate bowl pour in 1/2 cup of warm water. Sprinkle 1 packet of yeast over the water.

Drizzle 1 tablespoon of agave or honey over the top of the yeast.

Leave both mixtures to set for 10-15 mins or until the yeast mixture is foamy

and the oat mixture is luke warm.

While mixtures are setting you can grind the remaining 2 cups of oats in the magic bullet or blender into oat flour and set aside.

Add the oat mixture to the water and yeast mix. Pour in the 1/2 cup of molasses and mix well. Add in the oat flour and stir. Add 3 cups of whole wheat flour (I use white whole wheat flour which is a lighter whole wheat flour that is still unbleached but I've also used plain whole wheat flour)

Mix the the flour throughout the dough.

Spread 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour out on a clean work surface. Put the dough onto the surface. Knead for 5 minutes occasionally adding some of the remaining flour as the dough becomes sticky. I usually have about 1/4 cup of flour left at the end but you may need the whole 4 cups depending on the flour used.

Clean the bowl and spray with non stick spray. Put the dough in the bowl and cover the top of the bowl with plastic wrap. Let rise for 1 hr in a warm place.

Split the dough into 2 and place into 2 bread pans sprayed with non stick spray.

Cover bread pans and let rise for an additional hr.

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees. Uncover bread and place in the oven to cook. Bake for approx 35 mins.

 Place bread on cooling rack as soon as it comes out of the oven and butter

the top to prevent it from being dry.

This bread also makes amazing grilled cheese sandwiches!! My kids love them!