Oatmeal Nut Bread

Ingredients

• 1 cake compressed yeast
• 2 eups boiling water
• 4 cup lukewarm water
• 2 cups rolled oats
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups flour
• 4 cup chopped nuts.
• 4 cup brown sugar or 2 tablespoons corn syrup
• 2 tablespoons fat

Method

1. 1

   Pour two cups of boiling water over oatmeal, cover and let stand until lukewarm.

2. 2

   Dissolve yeast and sugar in one-half cup lukewarm water, add shortening and add this to the oatmeal and water.

3. 3

   Add one cup of flour, or enough to make an ordinary sponge.

4. 4

   Beat well.

5. 5

   Cover and set aside in a moderately warm place to rise for one hour.

6. 6

   Add enough flour to make a dough—about three cups, add nuts and the salt.

7. 7

   Knead well.

8. 8

   Place in greased bowl, cover and let rise in a moderately warm place until double in bulk—about one and one-half hour.

9. 9

   Mould into loaves, fill well-greased pans half full, cover and let rise again one hour.

10. 10

    Bake forty-five minutes in a moderate oven.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Foods that will win the war (1918) by Charles Houston Goudiss, page 8. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

OATMEAL NUT BREAD 1 cake compressed yeast 4 cup brown sugar or 2 table- 2 eups boiling water spoons corn syrup 4 cup lukewarm water 2 tablespoons fat 2 cups rolled oats 4 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 4 cup chopped nuts.

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