Squaw Bread

12 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 cup cornmeal
  • 1 cup natural bran
  • 1 cup oatmeal
  • 1 cup gluten flour
  • 3 cups whole wheat flour
  • 4 -6 cups unbleached flour
  • 3 (1/4 ounce) packages yeast
  • 2/3 cup honey (or 1/3 cup honey and 1/3 cup molasses for darker color)
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 4 cups boiling water
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 1/4 cup butter

Directions

  1. 1
    Dissolve yeast in warm water. Pour boiling water over cornmeal and oatmeal; let stand until cool.
  2. 2
    Add honey, butter and salt to yeast mixture. Stir in bran, then whole wheat flour.
  3. 3
    Add cooled cereal mixture, then add unbleached flour a cup at a time until mixture is stiff enough to knead.
  4. 4
    Knead 10 to 20 minutes. Let rise 2 hours, then punch out air and shape into four loaves; place loaves onto two lightly greased and floured cookie sheets.
  5. 5
    Let rise 1 hour, then bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. When done, loaves should sound hollow when tapped. Be careful not to underbake the moist, heavy loaf.
  6. 6
    NOTE: Time does not include 3 hour rise time.
  7. 7
    Makes 4 loaves.

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