Irish Brown Soda Bread

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2018, America's Test Kitchen TV

Ireland's everyday bread is so quick, foolproof, and wholesome that you'll want to make it every day, too.

SERVES 8 (Makes one 8-inch loaf)

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 1 hour cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our take on Irish brown soda bread combines a high proportion of whole-wheat flour with extra wheat germ and bran to produce a rustic loaf with nutty flavor and an appropriately coarse crumb. We balanced the strong wheat flavor with white f...

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