Health Bread

My first recipe post is courtesy of my Mom. This is great for breakfast or a quick and healthy snack! The recipe is very easy to double and can be altered to include nuts, dried fruits or anything else you would like to add! 


1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup All-Bran Buds, the Kellogg's cereal
1 cup of sugar
1/2 tsp of salt 
1/2 cup of raisins (soak overnight in 1 cup of water)
1 cup Sugar
1 egg


First, soak raisins overnight if possible. If you don't have time, I usually boil them for about 4 minutes, which makes them plump up a bit and soak in some of the water.


Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees (F). Use a no-stick cooking spray to coat a 10.5 x 5.5 bread pan and than gently flour the pan. 


Dissolve the baking soda in the buttermilk and let sit for a few minutes. You will notice it will become very airy, this is supposed to happen.


In a medium sized bowl, mix all the dry ingredients, flour, oatmeal, bran buds, sugar and salt.

Slowly add the raisins with water, eggs and buttermilk. Mix well, you can even use your hands. Pour the mixture into the bread pan and cook for 1 hour.

After the health bread has finished cooking, feel free to leave it in the pan and cut your pieces as you like or remove the whole loaf from the pan and keep in an airtight container.

Enjoy! I usually put a little butter on the bread and eat it with egg whites for breakfast.