This bread is wonderful with soup. It’s the bees knees of gourmet Irish Soda Breads
- 350g coarse wholemeal
50g porridge oats
25g Wheat germ
25g oat bran
75g plain flour
1 heaped tsp bread soda
40g melted butter
1 egg
1-2 tbsp treacle
400ml buttermilk
seeds for the top
Method:
Preheat oven to 200ºC
lightly grease loaf tin & dust with wholemeal flour.
Place wholemeal, plain flour, soda, oatflakes, bran and wheatgearm in a large mixing bow and mix together
Plut the buttermilk, egg and treacle in a bowl and beat until well mixed stir in the melted butter.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix up – it is a wet mixture
Pour the dough into the prepared tin.
Bake for 50-60 minutes then turn onto a wire tray to cool.