Hardy Oatmeal Bread

Ingredients

6 cups all purpose flour unbleached
1/2 cup wheat flour stone
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons yeast
1 tablespoon salt
2 oatmeal
2 cups water
5/8 cup warm water

Instructions

Pour 2 cups hot water over oatmeal. Set aside. Mix brown sugar into 2/3 cup warm water and add yeast to proof. When yeast has foamed & frothed to about twice the original volume, add to oatmeal mixture. Add remaining ingredients. Knead well. Let rise until doubled. Punch down shape into loaves and let rise again. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes. Makes 2-3 loaves.