Bread

Bread recipe… for Nicole especially…

It *was* the yeast. I have two different oat wheat recipes, and for some reason I think the one I brought over for Thanksgiving was a combination of the two. Try this, and see what happens.

1 cup milk
3 T honey
1 c white flour
1 c whole wheat flour
1 c oats
1 1/4 t salt
2 T butter
2 t active dry yeast

If the dough is wet, add flour til it makes a ball. Knead it for a half hour. I use a bread machine to knead it, but however you put the dough together, knock yourself out–I would give my eyetooth for a fancy stand mixer with a bread dough attachment, but I'll probably just put it on my wedding registry instead.

Let rise once as a ball, then shape according to however you want to shape it and let rise again. Bake at 350˚ for 30 minutes. Be sure to take the loaf out of/off the pan or sheet and let cool on a drying rack.

You can adjust the white/wheat ratio however you like, but the more wheat you use, the more you should knead it. I like a half and half, myself.

If this doesn't work, try the same recipe with 2 T of brown sugar instead.

Or keep the honey, and use 1 c. water and 1 1/2 T. of dry milk.