Comment faire du pain delicieux

Last week, on one of my days off, my mother grabbed me on her way out the door and suggested I make bread to keep me busy. I haven't made bread in a really long time, and normally I'm not the one making it, simply the hander-of-ingredients. But there I was, no work to do, house to myself, and not much food hanging around to munch on(that's a good thing really.). So I got out the recipe. This isn't your normal bread recipe though. It was given to us by one of my mom's friends who was also my French(/math/science)tutor, Mrs. Jones.
Not only does Mrs. Jones speak multiple languages, solve mind boggling mathematical equations, and understand physics and the higher sciences, she also cooks amazing food!
Upon entering her house numerous smells of deliciousness smack you in the face, demanding to be noticed, yet hiding somewhere in her kitchen just out of reach. And it's all healthy stuff...well mostly :)
Today I will share with you my day of making this amazingly healthy, satisfyingly delicious, 10 grain bread, and hope that you make it yourself so you can enjoy a slice of mouthwatering goodness, too. :)


FIRST: Gather Ingredients
Oatmeal

• 3 cups of BOILING water
• 2 cups of oats (just the normal oatmeal kind, unless you want to use fancy ones)
• 1/2 stick of butter

When these 3 ingredients are mixed together, you are to let them sit for 20 minutes.

• 2/3 cup of honey
• 1TBSP salt
• 1 cup very warm watter(about 115 degrees)

Porridge

• 3/4 cup "Bob's red mill 10 grain hot cereal"
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 1/2 cups water (room temp)

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• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 3 TBSP yeast
• 7-10 additional cups of flour (for kneading, I used about 9 or so)

Directions!

*Make the oatmeal -

pour 3 cups of boiling water over the 2 cups of oats and 1/2 stick of butter. Let this mixture stand for 20 minutes.

*Make the Porridge-
bring all the ingredients(from the porridge list) to boil and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking. Let cool to a warm temperature. (I normally make the porridge while I'm waiting for the oatmeal...)

SET YOUR TIMERS!

sitting, waiting, smelling, sitting, waiting, smelling.

this is your 2/3 cup of honey, 1 TBSP salt, and 1 cup(8 oz.) of very warm water. (I used the water that was left over in my tea kettle from boiling for the 3 cups of water for the oatmeal...)

When 20 minutes is up, add the Honey, Salt, and Very Warm Water to the Oatmeal mixture and stir.

Grab the porridge and bring it over :)

2 1/2 cups of flour, 3 TBSP of yeast.

Add the Porridge to the Oatmeal and stir together, then add the 2 1/2 cups flour and 3Tbsp yeast.

Knead the flour and yeast into the wet mixture.


Then...

Stir in the first couple cups of the extra kneading flour. When gets so hard to stir that you wish you had a circus strong man to help you, dump the dough out onto a clean and floured counter. Flour is your friend. Remember that.

Stir in the 7-10 cups, one at a time, kneading until most of the stickiness is gone.

Grease your empty bread bowl, don't be stingy with your pam, or butter, or whatever your non-stick substance of choice is, and return the dough to the bowl.

You're gonna want to flip the dough a couple times to spread the grease around.

Let it rise until it has doubled in bulk, takes about an hour. Cover the dough with a tea towel, or something that isn't fuzzy, and place somewhere warm. Under a light, the back of your stove (if the burners are not on!)etc, away from cold.

Now's a good time to watch this video, since you've got an hour to wait :)














Almost there!






There we go! Try for the 'Muffin-Top' effect.

NOW GO PREHEAT YOUR OVEN TO 350 DEGREES!!!

Now punch the dough in the center, knuckle dusters are not necessary, and pour onto counter.

Cut the dough into four even sized loaves...

and place them in thoroughly greased pans.

Place in your preheated-to-350-oven...

and bake for 45 minutes.

When the timer beeps I suggest you check the loaves. In my oven, this bread is done in exactly 45 minutes, but it may be more or less in your oven.

Remove the baked bread from the oven and slather the tops in butter.

As you can see, I just unwrapped the other half of that stick of butter we used at the beginning and applied it, like so.

When it's cooled enough, tip it out of the pans and eat away.

My favorite is to toast a couple slices, spread some butter on them, and then dribble honey on top. Most delicious! Now go! Try! Enjoy! And have fun!

This is good eats my friend.