Irish Brown Bread

Description

This is a delicious brown bread closest to what we ate while in Ireland. It isn’t Irish soda bread, which has a completely different taste and texture. We LOVE this recipe!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 ½ tablespoons butter
  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • ¼ cup quick-cooking oatmeal
  • 1 ½ cups nonfat plain yogurt
  • 1 teaspoon milk, or more as needed (Optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  2. Lightly grease a baking sheet.
  3. Mix all-purpose flour
  4. sugar
  5. baking powder
  6. baking soda
  7. and salt in a bowl.
  8. Cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender or 2 knives until the mixture forms fine crumbs.
  9. Stir whole-wheat flour and quick-cooking oatmeal into the butter mixture.
  10. Gently stir yogurt into the oatmeal mixture. If mixture is too dry to hold together
  11. add 1 teaspoon milk at a time
  12. just until dough holds together; it should not be sticky.
  13. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface; knead gently about 5 times to form a ball.
  14. Place the dough in the center of the prepared baking sheet; cut a large ‘X’ in the top of the loaf.
  15. Bake in preheated oven until well browned
  16. about 40 minutes; transfer to a rack to cool. Bread can be served warm or cold.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 40 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Servings: 12

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