Introducing….IRISH BROWN BREAD! My excitement over this seemingly simply breakfast staple comes from the fact that my daydreaming about brown bread sparked the idea for this project, and therefore I had to do my best to get it right. As with any recipe, there are a lot of versions out there, but I had in my mind a variation that was a bit cake-y, a bit sweet, a bit nutty, but in no way dessert-y. That’s a lot to ask from a slice of bread.
I adapted my final version from Imen. I tweaked it a bit by adding a bit more honey and a little bit of wheat germ. The result was addictive, and after sitting on the couch almost all of Sunday, Tomato and I looked up to realize that almost the whole loaf was gone. In less than one day. Yeah. It’s that good.
We ate it fresh from the oven with a little bit of butter and jam. A little bit about me- I love fancy jam. I usually end up bringing some back from wherever I go on vacation and my friends have even started bringing jam back for me from wherever their travels take them. As a result, my pantry is FULL of jam.
Not necessarily a bad problem to have, I say!
Irish Brown Bread
Easy and classic Irish Brown bread
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup wheat germ or old fashioned oats, plus more for the top of the loaf
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 TB butter, at room temp
- 1 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 TB honey
Directions
- Step 1 Preheat oven to 400F.
- Step 2 Sift the plain flour, baking soda and salt into a mixing bowl. Mix in wholemeal flour and wheat germ.
- Step 3 Cut in the butter until the mixture becomes crumbly.
- Step 4 Whisk egg with buttermilk and honey.
- Step 5 Make a hole in the center and add the liquid. Mix together.
- Step 6 Pour into a greased loaf tin and sprinkle wheat germ on top.
- Step 7 Bake for 40-45 minutes. Eat!
