How to make Irish Brown Bread

buttermilk

🥗Healthier: yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + vinegar

Yogurt provides a similar tang and moisture.

whole wheat flour

🥗Healthier: spelt flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Spelt is often easier to digest.

melted butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil adds healthy fats.

honey

🥗Healthier: maple syrup

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Maple syrup offers a unique flavor.

Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).

In a medium-sized bowl, pour in the buttermilk, rapeseed oil, eggs, and treacle. Mix together until the treacle is fully dissolved.

Add the wholemeal flour, baking soda, salt, white flour, and porridge oats. Mix until all the flour is fully combined and you get a ‘sloppy’ consistency.

Pour into a well-greased 2Ib/900g loaf tin.

Sprinkle the top of the bread with some extra porridge oats.

Bake for 50-60 mins and check with a skewer to ensure it’s fully cooked.

Remove from the oven and allow the bread to cool down in the tin for about an hour.

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