Ashford Castle Brown Bread(An Irish Brown Bread)

1. 1

   Preheat a very hot oven-475.

2. 2

   Butter bread pan.

3. 3

   Put the flour into a mixing bowl, add the salt and sift in the baking soda and cream of tartar.

4. 4

   Mix the dry ingredients together thoroughly. Melt the butter and honey together and mix with the milk.

5. 5

   Make a well in the center of the flour mixture, add all the liquid and mix together quickly but thoroughly with a knife to make a dough. Pour into the butter pan and level off.

6. 6

   Put straight into the preheated oven and immediately reduce the temperature to 350. Bake for about 1 hr. until the loaf is well-risen, nicely browned and shrinking slightly from the pan.

7. 7

   Turn out of the tine for the last minutes of baking and turn upside down to crisp up the base. Cool on a wire rack and use fresh on the day of baking.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.