Oatmeal Bread

This recipe is an original one.  I won a 1st place 4-H blue ribbon and $3.00 at the Union Fair when I was 10 years old.  It was my very first attempt at making yeast bread.  I got the recipe from Ida Rivers, an old lady in her 80’s who lived in the house on the hill past my grandparents’ home.  I had a miserable time dealing with the sticky dough because I did not have a clue how much flour to add.  With no time left to cool it after baking, I had to wrap it up hot in order to make the mail delivery in time!  After the struggle to make it, you can imagine my emotions after winning a blue ribbon.  I strutted around for weeks afterward.
- Jeanne "Grammy"