Yield: 1 loaf
Irish Brown Bread
This traditional Irish brown bread recipe is on a constant rotation in our home in Limerick. We learned how to make Irish brown bread during a cooking class in Dingle years ago. I love this quick bread recipe - no yeast required. It’s warm and ready in a little more than an hour.
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
55 minutes
Total Time
1 hour 5 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups wholemeal flour (brown flour)
- 1 ½ cups plain white flour
- ½ cup porridge oats (oatmeal)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 - 2 ½ cups buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Place parchment paper onto a baking sheet or baking tin. Sprinkle a touch of white flour onto the parchment paper.
- Mix all dry ingredients into large mixing bowl.
- Using a wooden spoon, add one cup of buttermilk to the dry ingredients and blend. If the mix is too dry, add additional buttermilk until the dough has the consistency of stiff porridge or oatmeal.
- Shape the dough into a round ball and place onto parchment paper. Using a knife, slice a criss-cross shape into the top of the dough.
- Place the bread into the preheated oven. Cook at 400F for about 10 minutes. Then, reduce the heat to 375 and bake for an additional 45 minutes. (see notes above)
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
10Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 232Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 597mgCarbohydrates: 44gFiber: 4gSugar: 6gProtein: 11g
This nutritional data is provided by a third-party source and should not be relied on if you are on a strict diet.