Steel Cut Oat Soda Bread

Submitted by chia2160

"Trying to eat healthier for the new year. I've bought some flax and found this recipe to use it. This is great for breakfast on the go or after a workout."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 18

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups cranberries
• 2⁄3 cup orange juice
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup oat flour
• 1 cup steel cut oats
• 1⁄2 cup flax seed meal
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 cup turbinado sugar
• 1⁄4 cup canola oil
• 1 3⁄4 cups low-fat buttermilk
• 2 eggs, beaten

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Grease a 9 x 13-inch pan and set aside.
3. Soak steel cut oats and buttermilk in a small bowl for at least 5 minutes.
4. In a medium bowl, combine the dry ingredients; flours, flaxseed meal, salt, baking soda and sugar.
5. In a large bowl, combine the oil, eggs, orange juice, buttermilk with steel cut oats and cranberries. Stir until combined.
6. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix well. Pour into the pan and bake 45-50 minutes.

Reviews

[Goodeatin]

Sorry, but I didn't like this much. The only thing I had to change was using blueberries for cranberries, but besides that, I didn't really like the flavor (the oj, lack of sweetness) or the texture of the bread itself (oats were kind of crunchy). This may just be my person tastes- seems like other people thought it was great.

 

[vermonster]

i changed the raw cranberries to 1 cup of sweetened dried cranberries and the oat flour to unbleached white. it turned out well and was pleasantly sweet. try to use the required steel cut oats---it's the soul of the recipe. would make again, quite good!

 

[waynejohn1234]

Finally made this bread. Made a special trip to the bulk barn to get the exact ingredients. Would rate it 5 for taste and being original (definitely not Irish soda bread - I was weaned on that!) but only 4 for texture. Next time I make it I will use regular oatmeal. Thanks for an interesting and healthy bread.

 

[Purple Becca]

I've just baked this for breakfast! Fantastic, I changed the recipe slightly as follows: I swapped cranberries for a mixture of blackcurrants, blackberries and cranberries and when I took them out of the freezer last night I stirred in the 1/2 cup of sugar - I used Organic soft light brown as I didn't know/have the turbinado. I also used jumbo oats as I didn't know/have steel cut! I left out the salt and forgot to put in the orange juice! But APART from that I followed the recipe exactly! Oh - I also cut the tray into 24 bars - just to keep the calories down further. My DH and I ate two pieces (so much for the calories!) and agreed it was great - he usually doesn't like soda bread - which is a bit suicidal as we live in Ireland! I have never seen a soda bread made in such a different manner -but it is excellent and easy. If you are new to low sugar baking you may find it a bit 'unsweet' (I wont say bland as it is so great) but as we are used to it we loved it.