I think this will be the easiest bread I will ever bake. There is no yeast action, no eggs or even butter. It's as easy as mixing dough for chapathis.
Try this simple white bread recipe using yeast if you want to make a traditional soft and fluffy white bread.
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Recipe
Irish Brown Bread Recipe
Recipe for baking irish brown bread without yeast, using buttermilk, all purpose flour and whole wheat flour.
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Ingredients
- 1-½ Cups All Purpose Flour
- 1-½ Cups Whole-Wheat Flour
- ½ Cup Quick Oats
- ½ Cup Wheat Germ
- 1-½ Teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¾ Teaspoon Salt
- 1-¾ Cups Buttermilk
- 2 Tablespoons Honey
Instructions
- Heat oven to 425°F/220C for 15 minutes. In bowl, combine all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, quick oats, wheat germ, baking soda, and salt.
- In small bowl, mix buttermilk with honey. Add liquid ingredients to flour mixture; stir to combine.
- Turn dough out onto floured surface and shape into a circle. Place on a greased baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes.
- Reduce temperature to 400°F and bake 15 minutes more or until the bread sounds hollow when you tap it. Let cool 20 minutes.
My Notes
- While combining the dry ingredients, don't forget to seive the all purpose flour, whole wheat flour and baking soda to avoid uncooked lumps in the baked bread. I usually seive them, but this time I totally forgot it and found some lumps in the bread.
- Similarly while adding honey to the buttermilk, keep stirring it using a whisk or fork, until the honey dissolves in the buttermilk. Since I had to take a picture, I added the honey and just left it. When I was done taking the photo, I found that the honey had stuck to the bottom of the vessel and had lumped. So I had to use my muscle to dissolve it. Also before measuring the honey, spray the tablespoon with some non stick cooking spray and then pour the honey into the spoon. By doing this the honey will easily pour out from the spoon without sticking.
- Combine the dry ingredients and wet ingredients. The recipe mentions to turn the dough onto a floured surface to shape it into a circle and then transfer to a baking sheet.
- The bread requires ½ cup of wheat germ, I guess it can be replaced with whole wheat flour itself. I also added 1 tablespoon flax seed meal.
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- I don't know whether I did not flour the surface well or what, this step was a bit messy and I was not able to shape it properly. So I sprayed both my hands with vegetable oil and removed the dough from the surface and transferred it to the greased baking sheet and shaped it in the baking sheet itself. This was very easy.
- Bake it for 15 minutes at 425°F and for another 15 min at 400F. Let it cool for at least 30 minutes before you can cut it. The bread has a nice nutty smell and flavor.
Taste & Texture
- Enjoy it with your favorite jam!
lakshmi says
you've got to be kidding me :O
Recipes says
Interesting recipe to see. I really amazed after seeing your blog having no use of egg. Include more recipes having no cream and heavy ingredients.
Madhuram says
Dear Pritya, thanks for stopping by. I got this recipe in Parents magazine. They feature a lot of such simple and interesting recipes.
Thanks for dropping by Libby. Your idea sounds good, hope it will taste good too.
Libby says
Hi Madhuram,
I just found your site by way of IMBB, and I will be back again! It looks as if I could replace the buttermilk with soy milk + lemon juice, so it's got dairy free potential as well. Thanks for the recipe!
Pritya says
Dear madhuram. Wow! That looks easy and yummy...yes, pls include step by step photographs. Where did you find this treasure of a recipe?
Madhuram says
Thanks Rupa. I really appreciate your comment. Get a oven and start baking girl!
Madhuram says
Thanks everybody, do give it a try. It would be good with a hot bowl of soup too.
rupa says
happy birthday 🙂
Got to know from the comments...and the bread looks so very yummy...............wow, you are so good at it....I must soon buy an oven since I know your blog now....
sagari says
nice bread recipe
Madhavi says
Hey, thanxx for this great recipe, bread looks good!!
Jayasree says
Thanks for the yeast/butter free bread. Yours looks nice.
Laksh says
Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JK says
The recipe looks so simple and thanks for sharing Madhuram.
Wish you a wonderful Happy Birthday 😛
Mansi says
That surely looks like something I'd love to try! thanks for sharing madhuram:) btw, I too have eggless thumbprint cookies on my blog today!:)
Arundathi says
Thanks for the step-by-step photos! Any bread without yeast is my friend! 🙂
DivyA Vikram says
Thats an easy bread recipe..Love the idea of using flaxseed
Cham says
I want to taste it right away Madhu 🙁
Laksh says
Looks nice as a dinner option with dhal perhaps 😯
kamala says
I like this fat free bread madhuram
sushma says