Rising Oatmeal Bread

 The secret to oatmeal bread - the rising kind- is in remembering that Oatmeal doesn't rise. Even if ground into flour. Not on its own anyway. So use your oat flour and oatmeal as the star with good supporting staff in your bread flour. So let's begin.

• 1 cup oatmeal 
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1/2 cup warm water (110 degrees)
• 2 1/4 tsp yeast
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 1/2 cups bread flour
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1/4-1/2 cup oat flour

1. Pour the boiling water over the oats and set aside.
2. Pour the 110-degree water into the yeast and stir
3. Combine the bread flour, brown sugar and salt
4. Add the yeast mixture and most of the butter, reserving some for buttering a bowl
5. Add in the oats
6. Using your dough hook, mix together your dry and wet and allow it to knead for 10 minutes.
7. Place into the buttered bowl, cover with wrap and allow to rise for 1 - 2 hours
8. Uncover and fold out onto a lightly floured surface using the oat flour
9. Roll, and shape into a loaf, placing it into the pan or in your dutch oven lined with parchment
10. Bake for 35-45 minutes at 400 degrees or until its hollow sounding when you thump it. 
11. DON'T FORGET TO MAKE A SLICE ON THE TOP!