Traditional Irish Brown Bread

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 50 mins

Total: 1 hour

Difficulty: Easy

Yield: makes one 8-by-5-inch loaf

Full Recipe in Details

Even though this bread is dense, hearty and complex-tasting, it requires no yeast and therefore no rising time. Tastes best fresh from the oven and with lots of Kerrygold butter and Irish cheese.

INGREDIENTS

300g brown flour
200g white plain flour
80g oatflakes
1 tbsp. of bread soda
add about 300-360ml of buttermilk
pinch of salt

GUIDE / INSTRUCTIONS

Pre-heat the oven to 200ºC.

Mix all the dry ingredients together.

Add the buttermilk until it reaches a stiff porridge consistency. Place the dough on a floured tray and shape into flat loaf around
3 inches thick, make a cross on the dough.

Bake it for about 30 minutes. Check the bread by putting a skewer into the centre and it if it comes out dry the bread is done.
If it still is wet put it back in the oven for a further few minutes