Honey Oatmeal Bread
11⁄2 cups water
1⁄2 cup honey
1⁄3 cup butter or margarine
1cup quick cooking oats
2teaspoons salt
2packages active dry yeast
2eggs
1egg white
1tablespoon water Oatmeal
Place water, honey, and butter in small saucepan. Heat over low heat until mixture is very warm (120°F to 130°F).
Place 5 cups flour, oats, salt, and yeast in mixer bowl. Attach bowl and dough hook to mixer. Turn to Speed 2 and mix about 15 seconds. Continuing on Speed 2, gradually add warm mixture to flour mixture and mix about 1 minute. Add eggs and mix about 1 minute longer.
Continuing on Speed 2, add remaining flour,
1⁄2 cup at a time, and mix about 2 minutes, or until dough clings to hook and cleans sides of bowl. Knead on Speed 2 about 2 minutes longer.
Place dough in greased bowl, turning to grease top. Cover. Let rise in warm place, free from draft, about 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.
Punch dough down and divide in half. Shape each half into a loaf, see “Shaping a Loaf” section. Place in greased 81⁄2 x 41⁄2 x 21⁄2" baking pans. Cover. Let rise in warm place, free from draft, about 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.
Beat egg white and water together with a fork. Brush tops of loaves with mixture. Sprinkle with oatmeal. Bake at 375°F for 40 minutes. Remove from pans immediately and cool on wire racks.
Yield: 32 servings (16 slices per loaf).
Per serving: About 134 cal, 4 g protein, 24 g carb, 3 g fat, 13 mg chol, 162 mg sodium.
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