Grandma Reita's Bread

In my family Grandma's bread is lengendary. We all grew up smelling it as soon as we walked into her house and eating big rolls of it with butter and honey. I finally tracked down the recipe, through a sister who got it from another sister who watched Grandma make it and estimated how much of this or that she threw in since Grandma never used measuring cups. It could be that some if the ingredients were just something she happened to have on hand that day and wanted to use up. Nevertheless, I tried it out the other day and it turned out pretty good! Mind you, this isn't like your typical sissy fluffy white bread that most people make. Grandma was a serious health fanatic and it was only whole grains and natural ingredients for her. So here is the recipe, try it if you dare!

Combine and let sit for 5 minutes:
3 cups warm water
2 Tbsp yeast
1 cup honey (seems like a lot, I used 2/3 cup)
A big handful of oats (approx. 1/2 - 1 cup)

Blend together and add to above:
2 eggs
1 whole potato, mashed (approx. 1/2 - 1 cup)

Add:
2/3 cup oil
1/2 cup powdered milk
1 Tbsp salt
8 cups red wheat flour (I used white wheat because that's all I had but red is better, preferably freshly ground)

Add more flour or water as needed to get a nice firm dough and let rise until double in size, about 1 hour. Punch down and form into loaves (about 4) and place in greased bread pans and let rise until double in size again. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Eat warm with butter and honey!