Cinnamon Oatmeal Bread

This is a delicious bread from bernard clayton's complete book of breads. it is moist, sweet and cinnamon-y enough to cause our pastor's family to fight over who got to finish it off at breakfast when i gave them a loaf! preparation time includes rising.

Steps

Prepare 2 medium loaf pans.

In a large bowl , mix together the rolled oats and boiling water.

Stir to blend and add the butter , honey , brown sugar , salt and raisins.

Let the mixture cool to no more than 130 degrees.

Add the yeast.

Add the eggs and two cups flour.

With a wooden spoon or the mixer flat beater , stir vigorously for 2-3 minutes.

Work in additional flour , 1 / 2 cup at a time , with the spoon first , then with your hands - or dough hook , if you are using a mixer.

The dough will become a soft mass that can be picked up and placed on the work surface , or left under the hook.

Knead with a strong push-turn-fold rhythm , adding flour if the dough is slack or wet and sticky.

Knead for 8 minutes , or until the dough is soft and elastic.

If under the dough hook in the mixer , add sprinkles of flour if the dough should cling to the sides of the bowl.

First rising:.

Place the dough in a buttered bowl , cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a towel and put the dough .

Ingredients

rolled oats, boiling water, butter, honey, brown sugar, salt, raisins, yeast, eggs, flour, sugar, cinnamon