Brown Bread (Grant Loaf)

Makes 3 loaves

Recipe Type: Bread

Author: Karen Christensen (with thanks to Doris Grant)

Prep time: 15 mins

Cook time: 45 mins

Total time: 1 hour

Serves: 3 loaves

The famous “Grant loaf” created during World War II to enable English cooks to make a healthy, wholesome loaf with local wheat, instead of wheat imported from the United States. This bread is a staple at our house – excellent as toast. One of our favorite winter snacks is toast with sardines with strong tea, a meal that makes me think of the opening chapter of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

Ingredients

3 pounds whole-wheat flour (the coarser the better, and it can be a soft wheat – not hard-wheat bread flour – my favorite in the United States comes from Hodgson Mills and is sold in our local supermarkets)
3 teaspoons or packets of instant yeast (I buy this in bulk at Locke, Stock, and Barrel in Great Barrington)
2 T salt (I use kosher salt)
1-2 T molasses

March 3rd, 2012|Categories: Home Ecology|Tags: recipes, The Good Life|

About the Author: Karen Christensen

Karen Christensen is an entrepreneur, environmentalist, and scholar who writes about the many ways women have gained and wielded power. She is the owner and CEO of Berkshire Publishing Group, a former trustee of the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Press, a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations, and the founder of the Train Campaign. Subscribe to Karen’s Letter @Substack https://karenchristensen.substack.com or try her Home Ecology newsletter. She can also be found on Twitter @karenchristenze.