Candlebridge Bakery Traditional Irish Brown Bread Recipe at MyDish

Candlebridge Bakery Traditional Irish Brown Bread

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Method

  • **PREHEAT oven to 180 Celsius. Using a one pound loaf tin, brush it thoroughly with light olive oil.

  • 1. Sieve the plain or cream flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and sugar together, and stir.

  • 2. Next step, add the polenta, porridge oats and sesame seeds and wholemeal flour and stir again.

  • 3. Add the beaten egg to the milk and stir it well, now add in a tablespoon of light olive oil and stir again.

  • 4. Add the wet mixture to the dry ingredients and stir well.

  • 5. The mixture should be wet not a bread dough, so spoon the mixture into an oiled/greased loaf tin and then paint the loaf with some more olive oil. Let it rest for a moment before drizzling over some dark toasted sesame seed oil. This gives it a lovely nutty flavour!

  • 6. Take your magical ingredients of poppy seeds, sesame seeds and sunflower seeds and mix them together, now shake them over the bread and make sure you cover the bread as you want a nice nutty crust!

  • 7. Place the bread in the middle shelf of your oven for about 40-43 minutes. Conduct the skewer test after 40 minutes and if it's clean, remove from the oven, if not, leave it in for another 5 minutes or so, but keep testing.

  • 8. Turn your bread out unto a wire tray to cool and place a clean dry tea towel over the bread to keep the crust of the bread from getting to hard!


  • *This is an original recipe by L.Shannon, The Candlebridge Bakery, Ireland, 2009 Recipe*

    • Tips

    • My Star Tips:

      Olive oil added to bread making encourages pliability in the bread, so this recipe will be soft and gentle.

      Sieving the dry ingredients including those that contain different grains (you can always add them afterwards from the sieve into the dry mix) provides the wonderful light feel that makes this brown bread special and not heavy.

      You can also add 1oz of wheatgerm (available in supermarkets and health stores) to this brown bread recipe. It gives wonderful texture, healthy for you and creates a stunning golden brown colour when you slice the bread!

      Enjoy it with savoury toppings such as mature cheddar and onion with slices of cherry tomatoes, or if you have a sweeter tooth, then enjoy it with your favourite fruit preserve.

      The magical ingredients of blended sesame seeds, poppy seeds and sunflower seeds give the bread that toasted nut flavour to it and gives it that extra special something that some brown breads desire.

      Best wishes from The Candlebridge Bakery, Ireland.

    Comments Add your comment

    • For a truly Irish experience, enjoy a buttered slice or two of this gorgeous traditional Irish brown bread with a hot Irish stew and a pint of cold Guinness....

      by candlebridgebakery on Wed Nov 25 2009   reply to this comment

    Ingredients

    • DRY INGREDIENTS
    • 6oz Howard Extra Coarse Wholemeal Stoneground Flour
    • 2oz Plain or Cream Flour
    • 1oz Rolled Porridge Oats
    • 1oz Fine Golden Ground Polenta
    • 1 Teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
    • 1 Teaspoon Salt
    • 1 Tablespoon Castor Sugar
    • 1oz Sesame Seeds
    • WET INGREDIENTS
    • 1 Whole Beaten Egg
    • 275mls Cold Milk
    • 1 Tablespoon Light Olive Oil
    • MAGICAL INGREDIENTS
    • 1 tablespoon Poppy Seeds
    • 1 Tablespoon Sunflower Seeds
    • 1 Tablespoon Sesame Seeds
    • SESAME GLAZE
    •  Dark Toasted Sesame Seed Oil

    By Views 2659  Added Wed Nov 25 2009


    This is a wonderful recipe that uses the finest of healthy ingredients to sustain you during the day! Ingredients straight from your kitchen! I dedicate this recipe to my husband!

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