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Bread Machine Oatmeal-Sunflower Bread
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Bread Machine Oatmeal-Sunflower Bread

Bake a deliciously hearty bread with tasty nuts and oats. From eatbetteramerica.
Prep Time:10 min
Start to Finish:3 hr 40 min
makes:12 slices (1 1/2-pound loaf)

1cup water
1/4cup honey
2tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
3cups bread flour
1/2cup quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats
2tablespoons instant nonfat dry milk
1 1/4teaspoons salt
2 1/4teaspoons bread machine yeast or fast-acting dry yeast
1/2cup sunflower nuts
1.Measure carefully, placing all ingredients except nuts in bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Add nuts at the Raisin/Nut signal or 5 to 10 minutes before last kneading cycle ends.
2.Select Basic/White cycle. Use Medium or Light crust color. Do not use delay cycle. Remove baked bread from pan and cool on wire rack.
(Total time will vary with appliance and setting.)


Nutritional Information
1 Slice: Calories 220 (Calories from Fat 50); Total Fat 5g (Saturated Fat 1 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 5mg; Sodium 260mg; Total Carbohydrate 36g (Dietary Fiber 2g, Sugars 6g); Protein 6% Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 2%; Iron 15Exchanges: 2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 2 1/2 MyPyramid Servings: 2 oz-equivalents Grains 
*% Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
MyPyramid Servings 2 oz-equivalents Grains

 
 
 
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