Barley Bread

Barley bread is not a bread most people commonly make. But barley flour gives considerable sweetness to a loaf, so you will find it as a minor ingredient in a number of my breads. Barley breads are rich in history; every civilization seems to have had one. The Egyptians celebrated Osiris, their god of agriculture, who grew barley watered with the sacred waters of the Nile. Early Greeks made wine-soaked breads combining barley, raisins, pomegranate seeds, and pine nuts. Thick slices of heavy