Myrtle Allen

Ballymaloe Brown Bread

Preparation info
  • Makes

    1 × 1 lb

    loaf
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
top 1000Floyd on Britain & Ireland
Floyd on Britain & Ireland

By Keith Floyd

Published 1988

  • About

Dried yeast may be used in this recipe intead of baker’s yeast. Follow the same method but allow longer to become frothy.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb (500 g) wholemeal flour
  • 2 teaspoon salt

Method

Mix the flour with the salt and warm it. Mix the treacle with some of the water in a small bowl and crumble in the yeast. Put the bowl in a warm position, such as the back of the stove, until the yeast is risen and frothy. Grease a 1 lb (500