Ann's Dark Bread From Mary Jo

By Lalabee

Delicious black bread recipe. I like to bake in small loaf pans and freeze them. So easy to serve with any meal.

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups boiling water
• 1 cup oatmeal
• 2 Tbsp. butter
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/4 scant cup molasses
• 1/4 cup brown sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Pour the boiling water over 1 cup of oatmeal. Stir in the butter, salt, molasses and brown sugar. Let sit until lukewarm. Pour into bread machine. Stir in a scant tablespoon yeast. Let mixture sit or what they call "sponge rise" for five minutes. Add 5 cups bread flour. Run cycle on dough setting on your bread machine. When machine beeps, let dough rise 20 minutes in the machine. Knead down and put into a greased bowl covered with a dish towel until double in size. Form into 3 loaves and place crosswise in a 8X11 inch lightly greased pan. Let rise again until double in size. Bake for 40 minutes at 375 degrees.