On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:40:41 -0600, Bob K >
wrote:

>Today I experimented and came up with a excellent tasting white whole
>wheat - Irish Oatmeal Sourdough bread. The ingredients a
>
>2 cups of Carl's starter cultured in red whole wheat flour
>1-1/2 cup water
>1/8 cup vital gluten
>¼ cup milk powder
>1 tsp salt
>1 cup cooked McCann's Steel cut oats (I doubt if rolled oats would
>work)
>5+ cups white whole wheat flour (King Arthur's)
>
>I brought it together in my Kitchen Aid mixer with a dough hook using
>only 4-1/2 cups of flour. After it came together, I added ½ cup and
>maybe more flour until the dough came to correct state for kneading
>with the dough hook. I then let the mix knead for about 10 minutes. I
>covered the bowl and let the dough rest for 30 minutes. After the
>dough rested, I turned the dough out onto my floured kneading board
>and kneaded it for about a minute, Then I split the dough into 3 and
>kneaded each piece for about 6 to 10 minutes. Each piece was then put
>into a warmed clean bowl covered and left to rise for about 2 hours.
>After the rise, I shaped each piece into a loaf, put them on a piece
>of parchment paper on a sheet pan and covered them with a damp tea
>towel. I then preheated the oven to 350 degrees, (the racks are
>layered with quarry tiles.) When the oven got up to temp, about 20
>minutes, I slashed the loaves and slid onto the tiles. I also put in
>a pan of boiling water into the oven. They baked for 55 minutes.
>
>The loaves are very flavorful but a little dense. But what would
>expect mixing whole wheat and steel cut oats.
>
>BTW. A tip from a person who eats steel cut oats daily, a very easy
>way of making cooked steel cut oats is as follows. The night before,
>bring 4 cuts of water up to boil in a pot. Add a cup of steel cut
>oats and stir until it comes up to a boil. Take the pot off the heat
>and cover pot. Leave it on the stove top until the next morning and
>you now 4 cups of cooked oats perfect for microwaving for breakfast or
>adding to a bread dough. It keeps well in the fridge. (When you open
>the pot, you might see a green color - it is not mold - it comes from
>the oats.)

I put 1 cup steel cut oats in a large microwaveable bowl and add 4
cups water. Zap for 16 minutes. Adjust timing to your microwave. We
make it every morning. Put the stuff in, take a shower, come out to a
hot breakfast.

I use the cooked oats in breads all the time. I like to add them to
Anadama bread, too, or just male a moist, oatmeal loaf.

Boron