Simply nutritious brown bread
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Ingredients
400g stone ground wholemeal flour
75g white flour
1 tsp salt
1 level tsp bread soda, sieved (bicarbonate of soda/baking soda)
1 egg
1 tbsp arachide or sunflower oil, unscented
1 tsp honey
425ml buttermilk or sour milk
sunflower or sesame seeds
Loaf tin 23x12.5x5cm (9x5x2in)
Method
Preheat oven to 200ËšC.
Put all the dry ingredients including the sieved bread soda into a large bowl, mix well.
Whisk the egg, add the oil and honey most of the buttermilk.
Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in all the liquid, mix well and add more buttermilk if necessary. The mixture should be soft and slightly sloppy, pour into an oiled tin or tins. Sprinkle some sunflower or sesame seeds on the top.
Bake for 60 minutes approx, or until the bread is nice and crusty and sounds hollow when tapped. Cool on a wire rack.
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