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Oat-Studded Irish Molasses Brown Bread

A no-knead, hearty Irish brown bread sweetened with molasses and studded with oats. Ready in under 1½ hours and perfect with soups, stews, honey or butter.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 8 slices
Course: Bread
Cuisine: Irish
Calories: 283

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup rolled oats plus extra for topping
  • tsp salt
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 cups buttermilk room temperature
  • ¼ cup molasses
  • 3 tbsp unsalted butter melted

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9" loaf pan with butter or non-stick spray.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together flours, oats, salt and baking soda until well blended.
  3. In a separate bowl, stir buttermilk, molasses and melted butter until uniform.
  4. Pour wet ingredients into dry and fold gently until just combined—don’t overmix.
  5. Transfer dough to pan, smooth top, sprinkle with extra oats. Bake 50–55 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
  6. Let loaf cool 5 minutes in pan, then finish cooling on a rack before slicing.