Bread

So this past Sunday I didn't actually have any school work, crazy I know, and so we (me and my cousin) spent the afternoon cleaning and baking.  The main living areas are all pretty much cleaned, and we have fresh homemade bread sitting on our counter.  I am super excited about this, because I have not had homemade bread in a long time, and with each bite it really does take me back to when my mom made it all the time.

The recipe.

Ingredients:
5 1/2 - 6 c. Water (wa
rm)
2 tbsp Brown sugar
1 c. Oatmeal
2 tbsp yeast
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4 1/2 c. Whole wheat flour
2/3 c. Brown sugar or honey or applesauce
2/3 c. oil
2 tbsp. salt
5-6 c. white flour

Mix first ingredients, then add in the rest.
Kneed for about 8 min.  The dough should start to pull away from the side of the bowl, or not stick to your hands.
Put in 5 greased bread pans.
Let it raise for 30 min till it doubles in size.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes.


When we made it I wasn't sure how it would turn out, because while mixing all the ingredients together it looked too soupy (i.e. the dough wasn't pulling away from the edge of the bowl).  But it baked up "Oh so good." It did all work out in the end, and it has been made up just fine before, so I don't know what happened this time to make it do that.