Simple soda bread
A classic loaf made easy
Simple soda bread
Serves 8
Cooks In1 hour 10 minutes
DifficultySuper easy
Nutrition per serving
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Ingredients
- 250 g wholemeal flour
- 100 g plain flour , plus extra for dusting
- 50 g pinhead oatmeal
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 large free-range egg
- 1 x 300 ml tub buttermilk
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Method
- Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas 5.
- Place the flours, oatmeal, bicarbonate of soda, sugar and 1 teaspoon of sea salt in a large bowl and mix together.
- In a separate bowl, use a balloon whisk to beat the egg and buttermilk together.
- Use a fork to stir the egg mixture into the flour, then as it starts to come together, use your hands to pat and bring the dough together.
- Shape the dough into a ball and place onto a lightly floured baking tray. Use your hands to flatten the dough slightly so you end up with a disk, roughly 6 to 7cm thick.
- Score a cross into the top of the bread with the blunt edge of a knife, then bake in the centre of the oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a firm crust has formed and it sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom.
- Turn the bread out onto a wire rack to cool, then serve slightly warm with some soup or a nice wedge of cheese.
Tips
If you can’t find pinhead oatmeal, use rolled oats instead – blitz them in a food processor first, then you’re good to go.
Be careful not to over-mix the dough – stop mixing as soon as it comes together otherwise you’ll end up with tough, dense bread.
