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1769.0. "BREAD: Canadian Brown Bread" by PNO::HEISER (B#, not Bb, you'll B(natural)) Thu May 18 1989 19:11

    Another bread that I couldn't find in here.  This is my grandmother's
    recipe, who is from Canada.  This recipe will make 2-3 loaves and
    previous experience in bread making is a plus (i.e. white bread).
    
    Ingredients:
    
    1 cup Oatmeal
    1� cups molasses
    1 tbsp. salt
    1 tbsp. shortening
    2� cups hot water
    1 yeast cake
    5 lbs. white flour
    
    - Mix oatmeal, molasses, shortening, salt in with 2� cups of hot
    water.  Let cool to room temperature so that it doesn't kill the
    yeast.
    
    - Add yeast and � cup of lukewarm water to activate yeast (might
    give a different measurement on yeast package, use that instead).
    
    - Add flour as necessary and knead dough as you would with regular
    bread.  15-20 minutes should do it.  Knead with some shortening
    in between your fingers.
    
    - Let it rise in a large bowl (cover with towel) until it rises
    above the rim of the bowl.  It'll be ready when you poke a finger
    into the dough and the dough doesn't flow back into the hole.
    
    - Punch it down (like normal bread), cover with a towel, let it
    rise again.
    
    - Put on bread board again, knead the dough some more (with shortening
    on fingers as before).
    
    - Divide the dough into the number of laves wanted, usually 2 or
    3.  Put the loaves in greased pans.  Cover with dish towel and let
    rise again.
    
    - Bake at 350�F for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
    
    Mike