Sunflower Oatmeal Bread

When I worked in a restaurant bakery so long ago, I had an assistant for many years whose name was Celeste. She made this bread one day, and luckily I wrote down the recipe because she doesn’t even remember it. It has remained one of my favorite breads for twenty years. For years I taught it in my baking classes and now I have adapted it, most successfully, for the bread machine. It is moist, nubby, and richly flavored. This bread, for me, is a breakfast toast bread, spread with butter and