I slice it, lightly butter each side and grill the bread on a griddle, then use for sandwiches. So good, I am now a homemade bread snob and I cannot even eat a sandwich on regular bread anymore.
Honey Wheat Oat Bread
5 cups unbleached flour
3 ¼ cups whole wheat
flour
1 ½ cups oats (I use Coach’s Oats, but you can also use, old fashioned or quick
cooking)
4 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon salt
2 1/2 teaspoons rapid
rise yeast
1/3 cup honey
1/3 cup canola oil (or
vegetable oil works too)
1 tablespoon flax oil
(optional)
3 1/2 cups hot water
1/8 cup vital wheat
gluten flour (optional- helps it rise though)
In a very large mixing bowl,
stir together the flour, oats, sugar, salt.
In a 4 cup measuring cup
or medium bowl whisk yeast, honey and oil into the water.
Stir the water mixture
into the flour mixture, until blended. (I use my dough hook on my mixer).
Then add the vital wheat
gluten and mix just until thoroughly blended
Put a cup of water in the
microwave for 2 minutes. Then put the bowl of dough in the microwave to let the
bread rise (if your bowl will not fit, then you can let your bread rise on your
counter top) Let rise until double in size.
Spray two loaf pounds
with Baker’s Joy (or Pam, but Baker’s Joy works better for non-stick)
Spoon dough into the loaf
pans let rise again until they
reach above the top of the pan (you can do the microwave rise again if you
want)
Bake at 375 for 45-50
minutes (halfway through, gently cover the loaves with foil to prevent the tops from getting to dark).
Cool in pans on wire rack
for 5 minutes. Then remove from the pans and cool loaves on wire racks.
