REAL Oatmeal Bread

Pour 2 c. boiling water over 1 c. oats. Add 1/2 c. molasses, 2 t. salt, 1 T. butter or coconut oil, 1 yeast cake dissolved in 1/2 c. warm water, and 6 c. flour (can sub part whole wheat or oat flour). Beat thoroughly, let rise, knead. Turn into 2 buttered loaf pans and let rise again. Bake at 375° for 50 mins.

This was my granny's recipe and I suspect it goes back many generations. In fact, in the odd little Massachusetts town where I grew up, one local bakery sold a bread very similar to this which they called "Goodenow bread" as Goodenows were one of the original founding families in the town in the 1600s. Cool, right?

Please note that one can make this bread gluten-free by using certified gluten-free oats and oat flour or gluten-free baking flour in place of the wheat flour. The consistency will be a little different, but it will still be delicious.