Granny's Oatmeal Bread

Dear Ginny,
Yesterday it was finally cool enough to turn on the oven and bake my first loaves of bread for autumn. I used a recipe for oatmeal bread from my aunt's mother, who died about ten years ago. She was an amazing woman who used to take us on walks to "gnome caves" in the woods behind her home on an island off the coast of Maine, and she baked bread all the time even though she was allergic to wheat! I thought this one turned out pretty well, though it was a little too molasses-y for my taste. I think I prefer honey as a sweetener in bread dough. We had friends over for dinner, and I served it with a big pot of soup au pistou, made with vegetables from the farmer's market.