Soda Bread

Submitted by McCarthy

"Taken from 'Woman's Weekly' cookbook published 1976 - This recipe does not actually use yeast but it makes a good emergency bread - Oven gas mark 7/425F/220C"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 1 bread

ingredients

• 1 lb plain flour
• 1⁄2 pint milk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

directions

1. Dissolve the cream of tartar in the milk, then stir it into the flour with the bicarbonate of soda and the salt to make a soft but not sticky dough. Turn the dough on to a lightly floured surface an knead it until the surface is smooth. Form it into a 6 inch round then place the bread on a lightly greased baking tray and cut a fairly deep cross across the surface.
2. Bake the bread on the cente shelf of a hot oven gas mark 7/5425F/220C for about 35 minutes or until it is a pale brown colour.
3. Cool the bread slightly then serve it with butter and cheese.