Speedy soda bread from Anon

egg free kids can help vegetarian
Category
Basics recipes
ServesOne if you're greedy enough.
Prep time 10 mins
Cook time27 mins

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Ingredients

125g plain flour
125g wholemeal flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2-3 tsp of soft brown sugar (crumbled over mixture)
250ml buttermilk (almost all of a 284ml tub)
Oil for greasing baking tray

Handy Hint

If you don't want a hard crust to form, wrap the loaf in a clean tea towel when it's had a moment to cool after coming out of the oven.

Method

1. Sift both flours into a large bowl. Add back the extra bran flakes left in the sieve to the bowl.
2. Now add in the salt, sugar and the buttermilk.
3. Mix first with a wooden spoon and then lightly form with floured hands into a small ball.
4. Take a sharp knife and cut a deep cross in the top of the loaf.
5. If you like, you can also sprinkle some bran flakes on the top of the loaf at this point.
6. Put on a very lightly greased baking tray in the oven at Gas Mark 8/230C for around 12 minutes. After that turn the oven down to Gas Mark 6/200C for 15 more minutes.
7. Take the loaf out and test it - it's done when you hear a hollow sound if you knock the bottom of the loaf.

Mumsnetter Reviews

From: Anon on Wed 26-Sep-12 12:39:12 Overall rating: 0.0
I always have a pot of buttermilk in the fridge - most supermarkets sell it now - which means I can have fresh bread on the table around half an hour after I've started making it. And it really doesn't keep - it's best eaten the day it's made.



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