Submitted by peckerdunne on February 13, 2009 - 4:55am

Irish Batch Loaf

Any recipes for batch bread (or batch loaf) as made in Ireland.

AFAIK its known as Plain Bread in Scotland so probably different names around the world.

Its got a hard and dark top-crust. Baked in batches so soft at sides. Here's the best picture I could find on the web.

http://www.irwinsbakery.co.uk/filestore/images/product/280px/nk-half-loaf.jpg