Brown Soda Bread

Name: Brown Soda Bread
Yield: Serves 8 (Makes 1 loaf)
Ingredients: 2 cups (10 ounces; 283 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 cups (8 1/4 ounces; 234 grams), whole-wheat flour; 1/2 cup, toasted wheat germ; 3 tablespoons, sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons, salt; 1 teaspoon, baking powder; 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 1 3/4 cups, buttermilk; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted

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By Rebeccah Marsters

Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2013, Cook's Country TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

Breads

Homemade bread for dinner after just 10 minutes’ work? It can be done. We wanted a wholesome loaf that was hearty, not heavy.

SERVES8 (Makes 1 loaf)

TIME1¼ hours, plus 1 hour cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To make a brown soda bread with good wheaty flavor but not a gummy, dense texture, we started by finding the right ratio of whole-wheat to all-purpose flour. Toasted wheat germ bumps up the sweet, nutty flavor of the whole wheat and adds te...

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