Irish Brown Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 6 ounces whole meal flour
• 6 ounces plain flour
• 1 1/2 ounces oat bran
• 1 1/2 ounces wheat germ
• 1 1/2 ounces pinhead oats
• 1 1/2 ounces brown sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 large egg
• 14 ounces buttermilk
• just a little oatmeal for sprinkling on the top bread (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven (400 f), or (200 c).
• 2 grease (i use pam) and flour a 2lb bread loaf/tin.
• 3 put flours, bran, wheatgerm, pinhead oatmeal, sugar and salt in a large bowl.
• 4 sift in baking powder and baking soda.
• 5 mix thoroughly.
• 6 mix egg in a separate bowl and add buttermilk.
• 7 make a well in the center of dry ingredients and add buttermilk/egg mixture.
• 8 with one hand use your fingers (open and stiff) mix in a full circle, bringing the dough together. (it should be soft and sloppy).
• 9 put dough in greased bread loaf/tin sprinkle with oatmeal.
• 10 put in oven for about 1 hour, then remove bread from loaf and place back into the oven without the tins. ( i just place it on a baking sheet). bake for another 10-15 minutes until bread sounds hollow when you tap the bottom.