Norwegian Mountain Loaf

This was one of the recipes – along with the cinnamon buns – I greedily plundered from Trine Bell, a friend who’s half Norwegian and is generous with her culinary birthright. As much as I love a good, British white loaf, I have a real weakness for those nubbly Northern European breads which are dense and virtuously substantial.

Because this is very easy to make, it can soon become part of a pretty painless routine. You can play aro