Best molasses brown bread recipe

Best molasses brown bread recipe

Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 cups boiling water
  • 1 cup old-fashioned oatmeal
  • two tablespoons shortening
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 package (1/4 ounce) active dry yeast
  • 3/4 cup tepid to warm water (110 to 115)
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 4-3/four to five-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • Melted butter

Dietary Details

1 slice: 98 calories, 1g fat (0g saturated fats), 0mg cholesterol, 150mg sodium, 19g carb (4g sugars, 1g fiber), 2g protein.

Directions

  1. Inside a bowl, combine first four ingredients. Awesome to 110-115. Inside a bowl, dissolve yeast in tepid to warm water. Sprinkle with sugar. Add oat mixture, brown sugar, molasses and three cups flour mix well. Stir in enough remaining flour to create a soft dough.
  2. Turn onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Devote a greased bowl turn once to grease top. Cover and let increase in a hot place until bending, about one hour.
  3. Punch dough lower. Divide in two shape into loaves. Devote two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise until bending, about 30-forty-five minutes.
  4. Preheat oven to 375. Bake 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to awesome. Brush with butter. Yield: 2 loaves.

Initially printed as Homemade Brown Bread in Taste of Home April/May 1998, p35

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