Irish Brown Bread

Ingredients

•   500 grams whole wheat flour

•   250 grams white flour

•   1 1/2 teaspoons salt

•   1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

•   450 millilitres buttermilk or sour milk

•   20 grams butter

 

Method

1.   Preheat oven to 230 degrees C.

2.   In a large mixing bowl, thoroughly sift together your dry ingredients.

3.   Add your buttermilk and butter gradually and knead together well using your hands or a standing mixer until a dough is formed.

4.   Place the dough evenly along the base of a well greased and floured bread baking tin. With a sharp knife, cut an X along the top from corner to corner.

5.   Bake in the oven for 20 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 180 degrees C and continue to bake for approximately 20 minutes more. Be careful not to burn.