Recipe for Ballymaloe Brown Yeast Bread

When making Ballymaloe brown yeast bread, remember yeast is a living organism. In order to grow, it requires warmth, moisture and nourishment.

Yeast feeds on sugar and produces carbon dioxide bubbles which cause the bread to rise. Heat beyond 50ºC will kill yeast, so keep it cool.

The bread can include honey, treacle, molasses, golden syrup or even white or brown sugar — each will give a slightly different flavour to the bread. At Ballymaloe, we use treacle.