Irish soda bread - recipe

Ingredients

Recipe , Bread , Soda , Irish

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1

Preheat the oven to 200C (fan 180C, gas mark 6) and line a baking sheet.
2
Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl, rubbing in the molasses sugar to separate the crystals.

For this step you'll need:
- 200g Plain white flour
- 200g Very strong wholemeal bread flour
- 100g Porridge oats
- 2 tbsp Unrefined molasses sugar
- 1tsp Salt
- 2tsp Bicarbonate of soda
3
Make a well in the centre, add the buttermilk and bring together with clean hands into a wet sticky dough.

For this step you'll need:
- 350ml Buttermilk
4

Knead the dough very lightly and form into a round and place on the lined baking sheet.
5

Using a sharp knife, slash the bread in a cross shape that reaches from edge to edge, about 1.5cm deep.
6

Bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes or until the loaf sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom.
7

Cool on a wire rack with a clean damp cloth placed over the top. Eat warm or cold.

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