Irish brown bread royal hibernian

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 each Or 2 loaves
5 cups Whole wheat flour
cup White flour
cup Sugar
2 teaspoons Sugar
2 teaspoons Soda
2 eaches Eggs
cup Buttermilk
1 cup Softened butter or margarine

Directions

In a large mixing bowl, combine the whole wheat flour, sugar, soda and salt. In a separate bowl beat eggs until frothy and add buttermilk.

Combine milk mixture and softened butter with the flour mixture and beat with an electric mixer for 2 minutes. Add white flour gradually and turn dough out onto a floured board. Knead thoroughly. Divide dough in half and shape into 2 round balls. Flatten the tops slightly and, with a knife, cut an "X" about ½ inch deep. Put loaves on a greased cookie sheet or into 2 9x5-inch loaf pans. (For loaf pans, cut slash down center lengthwise.) Bake at 400 F for 50 minutes.

Cool before cutting into thin slices. Colorado Cache Cookbook (1978) From the collection of Jim Vorheis

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