250g plain white flour
250g plain wholemeal flour
100g porridge oats
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp salt
25g butter , cut in pieces
500ml buttermilk
Method
Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6/fan 180C and dust a baking sheet with flour. Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl, then rub in the butter. Pour in the buttermilk and mix it in quickly with a table knife, then bring the dough together very lightly with your fingertips (handle it very, very gently). Now shape it into a flat, round loaf measuring 20cm/8in in diameter.
Put the loaf on the baking sheet and score a deep cross in the top. (Traditionally, this lets the fairies out, but it also helps the bread to cook through.) Bake for 30-35 minutes until the bottom of the loaf sounds hollow when tapped. If it isn't ready after this time, turn it upside down on the baking sheet and bake for a few minutes more.
Transfer to a wire rack, cover with a clean tea towel (this keeps the crust nice and soft) and leave to cool. To serve, break into quarters, then break or cut each quarter in half to make 8 wedges or slices - or simply slice across. Eat very fresh.
Two tips;
1) Use all wholemeal flour instead of half white half wholemeal.
2) Throw in a handful of crushed walnuts to the dry mix.
Cut thick slices, toast if wanted, cover with butter and the "mite" of your choice.
I'm knocking these out as fast as I can, they barely get a chance to cool before being wolfed down by the three of us.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
I love the taste of this bread either way I have it but it's a great bread to spread Marmite on.
Again - on my computer, if I don't right click and choose 'View Image' I can't see the entire picture. And the entire picture is necessary in order to appreciate the entire picture...
Ha!! I'm in work, I brought in a quarter of soda bread and some peanut butter for me brekky! (Should have brought marmite too!)
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Ok, to be true to my roots, I brought in a tocyn of soda bread.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Joe Guy wrote:Okay. I tasted the bread with & without Marmite.
I love the taste of this bread either way I have it but it's a great bread to spread Marmite on.
Again - on my computer, if I don't right click and choose 'View Image' I can't see the entire picture. And the entire picture is necessary in order to appreciate the entire picture...
Joe:
I'm afraid you've crossed the line, I'm contacting the San Mateo County Board of Health on Monday!
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Gob wrote:Joe, watching a cookery show last week, we came upon this variation. Boy is it good!! I'm eating some now in fact.
It sounds very tasty and I want to try it. But I wish I didn't have to convert the measurements to American standards. My measuring instruments are based on cups & ounces.
It takes longer for me to convert the measurements than it takes to make the freakin' bread.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
