1
: bread made of whole wheat flour
2
: a dark brown steamed bread made usually of cornmeal, white or whole wheat flours, molasses, soda, and milk or water
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Source: Bon Appetit magazine Ina’s Irish Guinness Brown Bread
Serve this delicious brown bread with honey butter.
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Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2025
For their late lunch, Lauper ordered a potassium-rich borscht soup and traditional brown bread and butter caviar for the table.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
Select: Online Shopping, Simplified These days, a toaster oven can do more than just brown bread.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2024
The menu includes Irish favorites, from fish and chips and lamb shoulder braised in Irish stout to treacle brown bread.
—Wendy O’Dea, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2023
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Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2025
For their late lunch, Lauper ordered a potassium-rich borscht soup and traditional brown bread and butter caviar for the table.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
Select: Online Shopping, Simplified These days, a toaster oven can do more than just brown bread.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2024
The menu includes Irish favorites, from fish and chips and lamb shoulder braised in Irish stout to treacle brown bread.
—Wendy O’Dea, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2023
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“Brown bread.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brown%20bread. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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