- 3/4 cup wheat and barley nugget cereal (e.g. Grape-Nuts™)
- 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons melted shortening
- In a small bowl, soak grape nuts in buttermilk for 1 hour.
- In a large bowl, combine buttermilk mixture, sugar, salt, egg, and baking soda. Stir until sugar dissolves. Mix in the melted shortening and the flour. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 45 minutes. Cool.