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Ballymaloe brown bread was The Ballymaloe House Hotel's version of Doris Grant's no-[[Kneading bread|knead]] bread, introduced in her book "''Your Daily Bread''".
Ballymaloe brown bread was The Ballymaloe House Hotel's version of Doris Grant's no-[[Kneading bread|knead]] bread, introduced in her book "''Your Daily Bread''".
I've found that with all [[Brown flour|brown]] or [[wholemeal flour]] bread recipes, half a [[vitamin C]] tablet (ascorbic acid) crushed between two tablespoons (about 100 mg), seems to prevent a heavy, poorly risen loaf.  It has an effect on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutathione Glutathione (WIkipedia)] which has an affect on the the elasticity of the dough.


It has a bitter-sweet toffee flavour, almost like a sweet malt bread.
It has a bitter-sweet toffee flavour, almost like a sweet malt bread.
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[[Category:Vegetarian recipes]]
[[Category:Vegetarian recipes]]
[[Category:Baked or roasted]]
[[Category:Baked or roasted]]