Pickle-Juice Bread-Machine Bread

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups pickle juice
• 1/2 cup water
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 1/2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1/2 cup wheat germ
• 3/4 cup rolled oats
• 1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon active dry yeast

Directions

Put dill pickle juice, water, vegetable oil, salt, white sugar, wheat germ, oats, whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, and yeast, respectively, in the pan of a bread machine.

Select Sandwich and Three-Pound Loaf settings; press Start. Cycle should take about 3 hours 10 minutes to complete.

Remove loaf from bread pan and allow to cool on wire rack at least 20 minutes before slicing.