Why not try this delicious Irish bread recipe for yourself at home. It is wonderful served with cheese and pickle as a savoury treat or with Irish butter and home made jam for those with a sweeter tooth. A hearty wholesome bread to accompany freshly made soup that will warm you up in Winter. At an Irish bed and breakfast you will often find brown bread with your breakfast of smoked salmon and eggs.

Ingredients

12 ozs extra coarse brown wheaten meal
8 ozs plain strong white flour
3 handfuls of bran
2 handfuls of wheat germ
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/4 – 1 1/2 pints of fresh milk
1 dessertspoon treacle
1 dessertspoon oil
1 level teaspoon salt

Method

Preheat oven to 240C/475F.
Prepare 2 x 2lb loaf tins greased.
In a large bowl combine all the dry ingredients.
Add treacle and oil to lesser amount of milk and stir into dry mix.
The mixture at this stage should be soft and moist. If too dry add some more milk but do not make it too wet.
Spoon into the prepared tins and smooth tops, making a slight hollow along the centre of each.
Sprinkle with bran or sesame seeds.
Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 150C/300F and continue to bake for a further 30 minutes.
Remove bread from oven and turn loaves out onto a wire rack to cool.