Irish Brown Bread is a baking soda leavened bread made with whole wheat and white flours, plus bulgur wheat for added chewiness and crunch.
Irish Brown Bread
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
Irish Brown Bread is my recipe of the day with the Bread Bakers blogging group. We bake once per month on changing topics.This month we are doing brown breads of various sorts.
Irish brown breads are naturally rugged, homely looking loaves, but quite delicious. Mine is made with a combination of whole wheat and all-purpose flour, with partially cooked bulgur wheat thrown into the mix for a little bit of chew.
You should have a butt-ugly, round, dense loaf when you are done, which loves a good schmear of Irish butter and a drizzle of something like honey, Lyle’s golden syrup, treacle or molasses. It’s the taste that counts, right?
At least all the Irish brown bread I saw online was just as ugly as mine, so whatever.
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Irish Brown Bread
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Irish Brown Bread
Irish Brown Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup Bob's Red Mill Quick Cooking Bulgur
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 11 fluid ounces buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Grease an 8-inch cast iron skillet, enameled baking pan or cake pan.
- Bring 2 cups water to a boil in a saucepan and add bulgur.
- Cook for 6 minutes, then remove from heat and drain in a strainer.
- Stir together the flours, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Add the drained cooked bulgur and stir until the flour coats it evenly.
- Add buttermilk and mix into a shaggy dough.
- Shape into a ball and drop into the greased pan; slice an "x" across the top with a serrated knife.
- Bake for 70-75 minutes or until the internal temperature is 185F.
- Serve slices with butter and honey, treacle/molasses or golden syrup.
Notes
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