Oat bread

I have started making a new kind of bread that has been a big hit around here. Its called Country white bread and it is from Whole grain breads by machine or hand, by Beatrice Ojakangas. I have been using a local, organic unbleached hard white flour (wow what a mouth full) and organic brown sugar. I also like to brush the top of the loaves with water and press on some flaked oats for a nice finish.

Makes 1 loaf

1 c warm water

1 tsp salt

1 tbsp brown sugar

1/3 c oat flour

2 2/3 c bread flour

1 1/2 tsp yeast

Put water and yeast in a bowl and let sit for 15min. Add salt, sugar, oat flour and half the bread flour. Beat and then let sit another 15min. Slowly add the remaining flour until you're happy with the consistence. Knead about 5 min. Put dough in a greased bowl, cover and let rise about an hour. Punch down, shape into loaves and put into a greased pan. Slice top of dough and put oats on top. Proof bread then bake in a preheated oven at 375* for 30-35 min.

-Enjoy