Rolled Oats Bread with Brown Sugar (1938)

Each bite of my grandmother's home-baked breads was comforting, soft, and delicious. In fine Kansas tradition, her meals always included a plate stacked high with bread and a dish of butter. This is one of her personal recipes.

"Pour 1 cup boiling water over 1 cup rolled oats. Cover, let stand until lukewarm.  Add:

• 1/4 cup warm water
• 1 cake compressed yeast
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoons melted shortening

"Add enough flour to make batter the consistency of cake batter. Beat well. Cover, and let rise. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt.  Flour enough to make stiff dough.

"Let rise until double its bulk. Mold in loaves. Let rise. Bake for 1 hour." (In a moderate oven, which would be about 350 degrees.)

(Origin - My grandmother's collection of recipes from neighbors and friends. All recipes are handwritten, typed or newspaper clippings, from the 1930s to 1950s.  My grandmother was a farmer's wife in California's Central Valley.) 

More "Lost" Recipes from my Grandmother
Caramel Meringue Pie (1935)

Oatmeal Coconut Cookies with Dates, Figs (1935)

Mahogany Cake with Sour Cream (1936)

Caramel Spice Nut Cake (1935)