Saturday, January 9, 2010

Irish Brown Bread

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/4 cups whole-wheat flour
3/4 cups quick oats
1/2 cup wheat germ
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 3/4 cups buttermilk *To make 1 cup of buttermilk add 1 Tbsp vinegar to a 1 cup measuring cup, fill the rest of the way up with milk. Let sit 5 minutes.2 Tbsp honey

1. Heat oven to 425*. Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray. In a large bowl mix flours, oats, wheat germ, baking soda & salt.
2. Whisk together buttermilk & honey. Add to flour mixture, stir to combine until soft dough forms.
3.Turn dough out onto floured surface. Divide in half. Shape each half into a round loaf. Place loaves 3in apart onto prepared baking sheet, bake 10 minutes.
4. Reduce temperature to 400*. Continue baking 10 minutes longer or until bread sounds hollow when tapped. Let cool 15 minutes.