Auntie Mary's Irish Brown Bread

This is Mary McIntyre's authentic Irish brown bread recipe, sent to me a few years ago by her niece Grace Galligan Dunleavy!

Dry ingredients:
1 cup flour
3/4 cups whole wheat flour
2 tbsp oat bran

1 tsp wheat germ

1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbs sesame seeds

Wet ingredients:
1 egg
2 tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 cups buttermilk

Preheat oven to 400 F
Combine dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, combine wet ingredients.
Using a fork, slowly combine wet and dry ingredients.
Pour into circular cake pan or deep rectangular pan (brown bread is only sold in these shapes in Irish grocery stores!).
Make an X across the top of the batter and sprinkle with more sesame seeds.
Bake until toothpick comes out clean, around 50 minutes.

Amazing accompaniment to tea. Goes great with jam, butter, ham, or cheese. Slainte!

Alexis Strathmann's Corn Casserole

We all know and love Aunt Margie's Corn Casserole, but I thought I would post another one from our friend and almost-sister Alexis.  She made it on Saturday for Meghan's 30th Birthday Celebration and it was delicious along with pico from Caitie, guacamole from Maureen and tacos from Colleen.

To the below recipe, Alexis added onions, red, yellow and orange peppers, sharp white cheddar, and green chilies, but you could really add anything you want.

1 package frozen whole kernel corn
1 can creamed corn
1 box Jiffy Corn Muffin mix
3/4 cup melted butter
2 beaten eggs
2 tbsp sugar
1 cup sour cream

Combine all ingredients together in a bowl and mix together.

Grease a 9 x 9 baking dish (Alexis has used 8 x 8 and a bread loaf pan and both were fine) and pour in mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. It should start to brown on top when its about ready.