Bread in a Bowl - Wheat or Oatmeal.

Bread in a Bowl - Wheat or Oatmeal

1 cup whole wheat flour OR 1 cup quick-cooking oats
3 cups flour (high gluten or bread flour is best)
1 & 1/2 TSP salt
2 TBSP sugar (brown or white)
2 TBSP oil
2 packages active dry yeast

Mix all ingredients together in a medium sized bowl. Add hot tap water gradually until you get a kneadable ball of dough. Knead about 5 minutes. If it is too sticky, dust your hand with flour as you knead. Allow dough to rise in warm place until doubled in size. At this point, you can cover and refrigerate for a day or two if you want, or shape into loaves, put on a greased cookie sheet or bread pans, and allow to rise until doubled. Pre-heat over to 350 and bake for 20 minutes or until bread is brown and hollow sounding. This dough can also be shaped into buns.