Sobolik'S Oatmeal Bread

• 2 cups boiling water
• 1 cup old-fashioned oatmeal
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 tablespoons dry yeast
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 3 1/2-5 1/2 cups flour

1. Pour boiling water over oats, stir. Add 1/4 C sugar and 1/2 C flour, salt and oil. Stir.
2. Disolve yeast in 1/2 C water mixed with 1 T plus 1 t sugar.
3. When oat mixture reaches 110 degrees on candy thermometer, add yeast mixture.
4. Stir in 3 C flour, one cup at a time. Turn out onto floured surface and knead, adding additional flour as necessary, 1/2 C at a time, until dough is smooth and elastic (may be done in mixer with dough hook).
5. Put dough into greased bowl, cover with damp cloth, and put in a warm place to rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
6. Punch down and divide into thirds. Place into 3 - 8x5" bread pans. Cover with damp cloth and let rise until doubled, about 1/2 hour.
7. Bake at 375 degrees for 35 - 40 minutes, or until brown.
8. (May be shaped into hamburger or dinner rolls, or rolled flat and filled with cinnamon, brown sugar and raisins, rolled up and sliced into cinnamon rolls.).

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/soboliks-oatmeal-bread-50000387 (may not work)