Maple Oatmeal Bread

Ingredients

• 3/4 cups Plus 2 Tablespoons Hot Water
• 1/2 cups Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
• 1/4 cups Grade B Real Maple Syrup
• 1/2 teaspoons Imitation Maple Flavor Or Extract
• 1/4 cups Butter
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 3/4 cups White Whole Wheat Flour
• 2-1/4 teaspoons Instant Yeast
• 1-3/4 cup Unbleached All Purpose Or Bread Flour, Or More As Needed
• 1 Tablespoon Maple Sugar, For Sprinkling On Top (optional)
• 2 Tablespoons Coarsely Chopped Rolled Oats, For Sprinkling On Top