Aran Island Brown Bread

 Suggested ingredients (but feel free to add or change – that’s the fun of cooking):

5 cups of whole-wheat flour

1 cup of white flour

1 & ½ teaspoons of salt

1 & ½ teaspoons of baking soda

2 cups of milk

2 tablespoons of butter

 Directions:  Mix the whole-wheat flour with the white flour. Add the butter, salt, and soda. Make a hole in the center of the flour and pour in the milk. Stir with a big cooking spoon. Adjust the amount of milk based on personal taste and the consistency of the flour.  Work the dough into a ball in the mixing bowl with your hands. Put in on a lightly floured baking sheet and work out a circle 1 to 2 inches thick. With a knife dipped in flour, score the dough by making a cross through the center of the bread so that it will easily break into quarters when it is baked.

 Bake at 425 degrees for 25 minutes and then bake for an additional 15 minutes at 350 degrees. If the crust seems too hard, wrap the baked bread in a damp cloth. Leave the loaf standing upright until it is cool.

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