Brown Soda Bread

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
• 3 tablespoons toasted wheat bran
• 3 tablespoons toasted wheat germ
• 2 tablespoons old fashioned oats
• 2 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• 2 cups buttermilk (approximately)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425°f
• 2 butter 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
• 3 combine first 8 ingredients in large bowl; mix well.
• 4 add butter; rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles fine meal.
• 5 stir in enough buttermilk to form soft dough.
• 6 transfer dough to prepared loaf pan.
• 7 bake until bread is dark brown and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
• 8 turn bread out onto rack.
• 9 turn right side up and cool on rack.