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Loaf of Maple Oatmeal Bread

While I’m not complaining about the much-needed rain we’ve been having, it does make me change my menus a little bit! I dusted off my bread machine (which hubby says has a Lot of dust from in frequent usage!) and made this simple loaf of Maple Oatmeal Bread. We had it with a nice roast chicken dinner and tonight I’ll serve the last of it with the chili that’s in the crockpot.

Bread Machine Maple Oatmeal Bread

From the Second Edition Official Vermont Maple Cookbook

1 cup very hot water

1/2 cup rolled oats

3 tablespoons softened butter

1/4 cup Pure Vermont Maple Syrup

3 cups bread flour

1/4 cup sugar (granulated maple or white)

1 teaspoon salt

1 package of dry yeast

1 large egg, unbeaten

Maple Oatmeal Bread

Combine hot water , rolled oats, butter, maple syrup and salt in a dish. Let cool to lukewarm. Add egg. Follow your bread machines directions for adding wet and dry ingredients and yeast. Use a white bread setting.

Maple Beef Stew

Winter storms and homemade beef stew, they just go together! Here’s an easy recipe that can easily be adjusted up or down depending on how many you’re feeding.

Ingredients for Chunky Maple Beef Stew

Beef stew also freezes nicely, double the batch and freeze half in a crock pot bag for a meal on a night you’re working late! Or if you have teenagers in the house doubling it is a necessity!

Beef cubes mixed with vegetables and maple syrup

One thing to note is the cooktime is 4 hours (I found the prep time to be about 20 minutes). This could easily be made in a crockpot on slow so it cooked all day. I am making it tonight, my husband coming off second shift at the hospital will have a hot meal for once. We’re going to reheat this for supper tomorrow night although from the aroma from the kitchen I may be have midrats (midnight rations….throwback to my Navy days!)

I wish you could smell this….it’s even better then it looks!

Recipe courtesy of the Official Vermont Maple Cookbook