JP Food: Brown Bread Health Loaf

Brown Bread Health Loaf by Tallaght food blogger and cook, JP Kennedy.

This hearty bread is perfect with his turkey leftover soup. Recipe for soup HERE.

Ingredients

450g wholemeal flour

65g wheat germ (extra for dusting)

65g wheat bran 65g plain flour

225g pinhead oatmeal 2 teaspoons of soft light-brown sugar

2 teaspoons of bicarb/bread soda

1 litre of buttermilk

Topping

2 teaspoons of wheat germ

2 teaspoons of sesame seeds

Method (makes two loaves)

1 Preheat your oven to 230°Celsius / 450°F / Gas mark 8.

2 Put all the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl.

3 Stir in the buttermilk and combine – this will make a very moist dough.

4 Grease two loaf tins and dust with some wheat germ. Divide the dough between the two tins – this will prevent them from sticking to your tins.

5 Sprinkle some wheat germ and sesame seeds on top of both loaves and pop into the oven.

6 Bake for 10 minutes and then reduce the temperature to 130°C/ 250°F / ½ gas mark and bake for an hour.

7 When the loaves are baked remove from the oven and allow to cool in their tins before turning them out to cool completely.

8 Slice and lather with real Irish butter and serve with my leftover turkey soup for a delicious and nutritious lunch or supper.