Yay...my first time ever baking bread from scratch. It turned out great! I was so happy to cut into it and see it look like bread! After reading other reviews, I only used 1.5 cups of water to soak the oats and all in, but still ended up using probably close to 5c of flour by the end of the kneading. For some reason I added one dash cinnamon and 2 dashes nutmeg to the beginning oatmeal mixture. I also used 2 packets of yeast. The dough rose as it was supposed to the first time..maybe it's a beginner mistake, I didn't handle the dough much between punching it down and shaping the loaves, I will do that next time because the loaves didn't rise as much as I had hoped. I actually made 8-3x5 mini-loaves, baked with a pan of hot water on the bottom shelf in the oven. I baked them for just over 35 minutes but I think I should have left them in a few more minutes, but they passed the 'hollow knock' test so I took them out. They seem a little too moist and dense. Probably just my oven, or maybe the water wasn't supposed to stay in the whole time. Either way, I made honey butter to go with them, and have already eaten one and had one mail-order request haha. Absolutely great!!! I will make another batch soon with full size loaf pans.
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