Brown Soda Bread

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recipe by Siofra F.

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 10mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    6
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    364
based on 1 ratings

A delicious one-bowl traditional Irish soda bread. Try experimenting by adding different seeds and grains to the mix. The bread can be frozen whole or in slices.

recipe updated 14 Oct 2020

Ingredients

  • Wholemeal flour icon
    Wholemeal flour
    450 g
  • Plain flour icon
    Plain flour
    50 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 teaspoon
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    1 teaspoon
  • Bicarbonate of soda icon
    Bicarbonate of soda
    1 teaspoon
  • Wheat germ icon
    Wheat germ
    15 g
  • Pin head oats icon
    Pin head oats
    25 g
  • Rolled oats icon
    Rolled oats
    40 g
  • Buttermilk icon
    Buttermilk
    500 ml

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Loaf pan - 9 x 5 x 3"
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl

Step preview

  1. Pre-heat oven - 200°C
  2. Add wholemeal flour, plain flour, salt, caster sugar, bicarbonate of soda, wheat germ, pin head oats and rolled oats to a clean large mixing bowl
  3. Mix until combined
  4. Add buttermilk to the mixture
  5. Mix until well combined
  6. Transfer mixture to loaf pan and gently pat into pan
  7. Bake until hollow-sounding when tapped - 55 min, 200°C
  8. Transfer onto cooling rack until cool
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