Irish Brown Bread
From notyourmomma 18 years ago
- 55 minutes to make
- Serves 16
Delightful wheaty bread, great toasted and served with a dilled butter spread and slices of cured salmon. Or plain with sweet butter for breakfast on the run.
Ingredients
- 5 cups of whole wheat flour shopping list
- 2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour shopping list
- 1/3 cup of sugar shopping list
- 2 teaspoons of baking soda shopping list
- 1 teaspoon of salt shopping list
- 1 cup of butter shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- 2 1/4 cups of buttermilk shopping list
How to make it
- In a large bowl combine the dry ingredients.
- By hand work in butter until the mixture resembles fine bread crumbs.
- In a separate bowl, best eggs until frothy.
- Stir in buttermilk.
- Make a large well in the center of the dry ingredients and gradually add the egg mixture, mixing by hand until a stiff dough is formed.
- Turn out on floured board and knead thoroughly.
- Divide dough in half and shape into two round balls.
- Flatten tops slightly and with a sharp knife cut an X about an inch deep.
- Put loaves on oiled baking sheet and bake in a 375 degree oven for 45 to 50 minutes.
- Should be brown and baked through.
- Cool before cutting into slices.
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