Couldn't Be Easier Slow Cooker Bread

Couldn't Be Easier Slow Cooker Bread

"A fluffy, moist wheat and oat bread with a crisp crust. Perfect for baking bread without an oven in the summer."
Ingredients

1 tablespoon yeast
1/4 cup warm water
1 cup warm skim milk or 1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons honey
1 whole egg
1/4 cup wheat germ
2 3/4 cups whole wheat flour

Directions

Grease a deep metal or glass bowl or 1 lb coffee can (we use a glass 18 cm Pyrex soufflé dish); turn slow-cooker on high to preheat.
Dissolve yeast in water; combine with milk, oats, salt, oil, honey, egg, and wheat germ.
Add flour and knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.
Turn dough immediately into bowl or can; cover LOOSELY with foil.
In bottom of slow-cooker, place 1/2 cup of water and a trivet or some crumpled foil.
Place can or bowl on this; cover and bake on High for 3 hours.
Note: sides of bread brown and crisp beautifully, top will slightly brown and be soft to touch.
Yield: 1 medium sized loaf of bread.