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Brown Bread |
Ingredients:
10
ozs. Wheatmeal
1/2 teaspoonful salt
6 ozs. Flour
3/4 teaspoonful bread soda
About 1/2 pint sour milk or buttermilk
Method of cooking:
1. Put bread soda into the palm of the hand and press out lumps with the fingers. Sieve soda and salt into a bowl which contains the wholemeal flower.
2. Make a well in the centre of the flour, pour in nearly all the milk. Mix to a loose dough, adding more milk if necessary. If liked, a little bacon fat or butter may be rubbed into the flour.
3. Turn on to a floured board and knead lightly. Turn the smooth side up, flatten out. Cut a cross on top with a floured knife.
4. Place on a lightly floured tin. Bake in a fair1y hot oven for about three-quarters of an hour.