Real Irish Brown Soda Bread Loaf
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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1 loaf
ingredients
- 275 g coarse whole meal flour
- 175 g plain flour (use Bread flour for better texture)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons caster sugar (optional)
- 500 ml buttermilk
- 1 tablespoon oil
directions
- Place wholemeal in a large mixing bowl.
- Sieve in Cream flour, salt, soda and sugar (if used).
- Add buttermilk and oil.
- Mix well.
- Transfer to a well greased 2lb loaf tin.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 170°C, 325°F, Gas 3 for approximately 1 hour.
- Bread will be baked if base sounds hollow when tapped.
- Cool on a wire tray. For a soft crust, wrap bread in a clean tea towel.
- Variations for bread In preparation, after adding the buttermilk and oil, add 50g/2oz chopped walnuts and 50g/2oz chopped dried apricots; When adding buttermilk and oil, add 1 tablespoon of treacle; Add 50g/2oz of grated cheddar cheese to the dry ingredients.
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Reviews
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Seeing I was weaned on this type of bread I am happy to see it in print. Of course, as you probably know, there are hundreds of recipes for it. I agree that it needs coarse whole meal flour which is sometimes difficult to find. Whatever, it is a great treat hot and also healthy. Will be submitting my mother's recipe soon. Thanks humblehousewife.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
GrumpyIrishLady
Clonmel, 62