We love this Irish brown bread recipe. It makes 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.
Ingredients
- all-purpose flour: 1 cup
- white sugar: 2 Tbsp
- baking powder: 1 tsp
- baking soda: 1 tsp
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- ½ tablespoons butter: 1 piece
- whole wheat flour: 2 cups
- quick-cooking oatmeal: 0.25 cup
- ½ cups nonfat plain yogurt: 1 piece
- milk: 1 tsp (or more if needed, optional)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
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Mix all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl. Cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture forms fine crumbs. Stir in whole wheat flour and quick-cooking oatmeal until combined. Gently stir in yogurt. If mixture is too dry to hold together, add milk, a little at a time, until dough holds together; it should not be too sticky.
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Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface; knead gently about 5 times to form a ball. Place dough in the center of the prepared baking sheet; cut a large 'X' in the top of loaf.
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Bake in the preheated oven until well browned, about 40 minutes; transfer to a wire rack to cool. Bread can be served warm or cold.
