Oatmeal Bread!

So the bread turned out! And it's really tasty! It makes me want to make it again in order to get better at it. It's going to go great with dinner. Dinner is chevre chicken. Quick, easy, AMAZING.

Anyway here's the bread!!

Oatmeal Bread*
1 tlb salt
1 tlb shortening or butter
1  heaping cup oats (not instant)
2 1/4 cups water
1 tlb dry instant yeast
1/2 cup light molasses
8 cups unbleached white flour

I ended up needing a bit more water because my dough was dryer, I just got all the four absorbed, but it required some work.

In a large bowl, combine salt, butter, oats and add the water. In a separate cup dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup very warm water. Add yeast to oat mixture, and add molasses and flour. Add each of the 8 cups of flour one cup at a time. Mix with a wooden spoon or dough whisk. Cover with a damp towel for 12 hours and let rise.

Divide dough into to loaves and place in buttered pans. Cover dough and let rise until it has doubled in size for about 2-3 hours. Preheat the oven to 350 when dough starts to look ready. Bake for 1 1/4 hours, (75minutes). Let cool.