This Irish wheaten bread is so easy to make and comes out perfectly every time. My husband, a native Northern Irishman, loves this bread with a bowl of tomato and lentil soup or with butter and cheese or jelly. I hope you will enjoy it too!
Ingredients
- cooking spray:
- ¾ cups whole wheat flour: 2 piece
- bread flour: 1 cup
- white sugar: 3 tsp (divided)
- ¼ teaspoons salt: 1 piece
- ¼ teaspoons baking soda: 1 piece
- margarine: 0.25 cup
- buttermilk: 2 cups
- vegetable oil: 0.25 cup
- buttermilk: 1 Tbsp
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray a shallow baking pan with cooking spray.
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Sift both flours, 2 teaspoons sugar, salt, and baking soda together into a bowl. Cut in margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the center of the mixture and pour in 2 cups buttermilk and oil; stir with a spatula until dry mixture is completely moistened.
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Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and knead gently for no more than 1 minute. Place dough into the prepared pan; pat down and around to form a round loaf. Cut a cross in the top of the loaf with your finger. Brush the top with 1 tablespoon buttermilk, then sprinkle with 1 teaspoon sugar.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Reduce the heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C), then rotate the pan and bake for 30 more minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack before slicing.
