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Bread for a Friend takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Bread for a Friend takes 40 minutes to cook.

Bread for a Friend makes 30 servings.

The ingredients for Bread for a Friend are:

1 package yeast
1 cup oatmeal ( old-fashioned )
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 cup whole wheat flour
3 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup raw bran
1 Tbsp salt
2 Tbsp butter

Here is how you make Bread for a Friend:

1 package yeast1/2 cup warm waterDissolve yeast in water and let sit until ready to use.1 cup oatmeal (the old-fashioned kind, not quick-cooking)1/2 cup brown sugar1/2 cup whole wheat flour1/2 cup raw bran (AKA Unprocessed Wheat Bran)1 Tbsp salt2 Tbsp butterAdd all these together in a big bowl ...I don't even stir them quite yet.2 cups boiling waterAdd to bowl and stir all together. Once it cools down enough add the yeast-water mixture, stir it in. (Cool enough to me is when I stick a finger in and it feels warm, not hot)2 1/2 cups unbleached flour2 1/2 cups whole wheat flourI usually add the unbleached flour first all at once then add the whole wheat flour in gradually. Almost always I can stir almost all the flour in though sometimes I have to knead quite a bit of it in. Next you get to knead the bread! Have a lot of flour on hand to knead in...I usually need around half a cup. The original recipe says to knead 5-10 minutes...7 minutes is my perfect amount. You will know its ready when the bread starts forming a ball and wants to stay that way. The first rise in in the original bowl....it takes about 2 1/2 hours and I always put it in the oven with a pan of hot water. In the winter I have to replace that water maybe hourly or so to keep the oven warm enough for the bread to rise well. The second rise is in 2 loaf pans...punch bread down and form into two loaves. This rise takes about 2 hours and, again, I use the oven and a pan of hot water. It bakes at 350 for 30-40 minutes...though I stay the short side of 40 minutes or I think the outside gets too hard. I spray the loaf pans (2 of them) with vegetable oil spray....otherwise I think you need to grease and flour them. sliced into 15 slicesNumber of Servings: 30Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MOMMA_4.

The nutritional information for Bread for a Friend is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 30
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 115.7

• Total Fat: 1.0 g
• Cholesterol: 1.0 mg
• Sodium: 234.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 24.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.2 g
• Protein: 3.4 g