Mom's Kitchen Sink Bread

Mom always forgot to check the cupboards to see if she had all the ingredients BEFORE she started, so she would have to substitute. And at one time or another she substituted everything but the kitchen sink....hence the name.

1 Cup white flour

1 Cup whole wheat flour

1/2 cup oatmeal Mix dry ingredients together

1/2 tsp salt

2 Tblsp sweetner ( sugar, honey, brown sugar)

1 Tblsp yeast

3 Tblsp fat (butter, margarine, lard) Cut into dry mix

2 Cups WARM water from the tap, should feel really warm

1 egg Mix together and add to dry mix

Beat batter with a whip or electric beater until smooth. Mix in more flour using a wooden spoon until dough forms a soft ball around the spoon. Knead 8-10 minutes sprinkling on flour as needed until the dough feels like a baby's bottom. Cover and let rise in a warm spot for 1 hour. Punch down and divide and shape into loaves, rolls, or breadsticks. Cover and let rise again for one hour.

Bake at 375 degrees for 15-25 minutes for rolls, breadsticks or small shapes.

Bake at 400 degrees for 35-40 minutes for loaves.

Cool before slicing....assuming you can keep people away from it long enough.

Additional ideas:

Add Italian seasoning for breadsticks to go with spaghetti or lasgana.

Add pumpkin spice, or cinnamon and nutmeg for a spiced bread. Great with apple butter!

Roll dough out and spread with butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. Roll up and cut into cinnamon rolls.

Divide into roll size and roll out flat. place ham and cheese in the center, fold over and pinch closed for ham and cheese pockets.

** You can substitute any flour. In a pinch I have put oatmeal or cereal in my food processor and ground it into "flour"and used it.