Mother Earth Bread

2  cups  boiling water
1  cup  oats
1/2  cup  honey
1  tsp  salt
2  pkgs  dry yeast
2  Tbs  melted butter
4-1/2  to  5  cups  flour

Soak yeast in 1/3 cup warm water for 5 minutes. Combine oays and boiling water. Add salt, honey, and butter. Add yeast and enough flour to make a kneadable dough. Knead for 5 - 10 minutes. Let rise until double. Divide in half. Shape into two loaves. Put into greased loaf pans and let rise again.

Add small amount of water to an egg yolk, and brush over loaves. Bake @325 for 50 minutes.