Brown Bread

This is a very easy, very tasty and very nutritious brown bread recipe. It tolerates tweaking too, so have fun with it. This recipe makes two loaves. I generally eat one fresh and freeze the second loaf.

• Ready In: 1 hr 25 mins
• Yields: 2 loaves

Ingredients

• 350  g  coarse wholemeal flour
• 150  g oats
• 150  g pinhead oats
• 50  g sugar
• 5  g salt
• 150  g plain flour
• 15  g  bread, soda
• 2  eggs
• 900  ml buttermilk

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celcius.
2. Grease 2 3"x8" loaf tins.
3. Mix the first 5 ingredients in a large bowl.
4. Sieve in the plain flour and the bread soda.
5. In a large measuring jug beat the egg and mix with the buttermilk.
6. Stir the egg/buttermilk mix into the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.
7. Split mix evenly between the two greased loaf tins.
8. Place the loaf tins onto a baking tray and bake for 60 mins.
9. Allow to cool for 5 - 10 minutes.
10. Remove the loaves from their tins, place on the baking tray and bake for a final 10 minutes.
11. Cool before slicing.