Weekend bakingMyselfCo. Cork

Mams Brown Bread

Name: Mams Brown Bread
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 450g Whole meal Flour; 60g White Flour; 60g Porridge; 600ml Buttermilk; 2 Eggs; 2 tbsp Treacle; 2 tsp Bread soda

Shared by Ger · 2 November 2026

The story behind the recipe

My Wonderful Mam R.I.P She always made this bread and we always loved to come in from school to get the smell from the kitchen, we would always want to cut it straight away (she always allowed us) We would always have it with a bowl of her beautiful stew. Happy days
- Ger

Ingredients

450g Whole meal Flour 60g White Flour 60g Porridge 600ml Buttermilk 2 Eggs 2 tbsp Treacle 2 tsp Bread soda

Method

Heat Oven 160c Put all dry ingredients into bowl, Mix eggs, buttermilk, honey, treacle together Add to dry ingredients Pour into loaf tins 2 x 1lb loaf tins cook for 50 mins Always beautiful