To celebrate the National Brown Bread Baking Competition, we have Aldi's favourite brown bread recipe.
Ingredients
- 350 g coarse wholemeal flour
- 50 g plain flour
- 50 g porridge oats
- pinch salt
- 2 level teaspoon bread soda
- 2 large eggs
- 1 dsp sunflower oil
- 500 ml buttermilk
Method
- Preheat the oven to 170C/325F/Gas Mark 3
- Put the flours, sieved bread soda, salt and porridge oats into a large mixing bowl and well them well.
- In a separate bowl beat the eggs together with the oil and add to the dry mixture.
- Next mix in the buttermilk and get the mix to a “sloppy” consistency.
- Pour into a well greased 2lb loaf tin and smooth the top of the bread with a wet spoon.
- Sprinkle the top of the bread with some additional porridge oats and bake for one hour.
- After the hour has elapsed remove the bread from the tin and return to the oven to bake for a further 20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and allow the bread to cool down.
