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Fresh and nutritious, nothing smells better nor tastes more delicious than fresh brown bread.

Irish Brown Soda Bread Ingredients

• 2 1/2 (10 oz) cups of plain flour
• pinch of salt
• 1 cup (6 oz) of wholemeal flour
• 1/2 teaspoon breadsoda
• 1 1/4 cups (1/2 pint) of buttermilk or sour milk

Preparing and Baking Your Irish Brown Soda Bread

Cooking time approximately 40-45 minutes. Oven position - top. Oven temperature 400°F.

Lightly flour a baking sheet. Sieve flour and salt into a bowl, and add the wholemeal and baking soda. Make a well in the centre and add almost all the milk; mix to a loose dough. If necessary add more milk. Turn onto a floured board and knead for fieve minutes until smooth. Shape dough into a circular shape; make cross-cut on surface and place on floured baking sheet, put into the oven. Bake at 400° for 40 to 45 minutes. When baked, place on wire rack to cool. From Mary Kinsella's An Irish Farmhouse Cookbook.

Further Reading
Irish Soda Bread Article
The Irish Country Kitchen	Irish Breads & Baking