Hello Fellow Bread Bakers!
It is cold and snowy here in New England but I am in absolute heaven baking
some yummy whole wheat breads. I found the best Maple Oatmeal Bread
recipe! The bread has a great crumb, color and the aroma is pure
heaven. I have made several batches and taken them to school for my second
graders and fellow teachers. What makes this bread even more wonderful is
that I discovered a local source for the real deal - yes! Maple syrup
tapped locally here in my neck of the woods.
The original recipe called for bread flour but I put in two cups of stone
ground whole wheat flour and what a treat!
The recipe comes from Bernard Clayton's New Complete Book of Breads. The
recipe is on page 218 - my take on it was the 2 cups whole wheat flour
instead of using all white bread flour. On this cold January month I have
been looking over some of my old bread books that I have been collecting
since the 60's! I guess I have always had a
love for bread baking!
Ciao!
Rose
p.s. if anybody wants the recipe let me know