Vintage Recipe for Easy Bread

No yeast? No problem! Try our beloved family recipe for easy bread! My grandma’s vintage, no yeast bread dates back nearly a century.

It's fantastic toasted, with a slather of cream cheese or a little butter.

– low-fat buttermilk – Grape-Nuts cereal – whole wheat flour – baking soda – sea salt – brown sugar – egg

Start by mixing together your Grape-Nuts cereal and buttermilk.

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Set that aside for about 10 minutes. The mixture will thicken quite a bit as it stands.

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While you’re waiting for your Grape-Nuts and buttermilk to do their thing, you can mix together your dry ingredients.

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Start mixing your batter all together.

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Plop that messy-looking heap of dough into your loaf pan, gently pressing it to fill the corners and smoothing over the top a bit.

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Swipe up for full recipe!

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