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Easy soda bread

Soda bread is a fantastic bread if you want something quick and easy. With no kneading or proving it can be ready in under and hour.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: lunch, Side Dish
Cuisine: American, British
Calories: 343
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 450 g (3 cups) strong bread flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 300 ml (1 ΒΌ cups) buttermilk*

Method
 

  1. Preheat your oven to 200C / 180C Fan / 390F and line a baking tray with baking/greaseproof paper.
Mix the dry ingredients together
  1. Measure out the flour into a bowl or cups and add it to a large mixing bowl.
  2. Add a tsp of bicarbonate of soda and a tsp of salt then mix it together.
Add the buttermilk
  1. Make a well in the middle of the flour and pour the buttermilk in. Stir it so it is well mixed and forms a sticky dough.
Form the soda bread
  1. Lightly flour your work surface, then tip your dough on to it.
  2. Shape it into a round loaf with your hands then pop it on to your prepared baking tray.
  3. Using a sharp knife score through your bread to divide it into quarters. Don't score through to the bottom.
Bake the soda bread
  1. Bake the soda bread in the oven for 30-40 minutes. It's ready when it has turned a nice golden brown colour on top. It should also sound hollow when you tap the bottom.
  2. Remove the bread from the oven and leave it to cool on a wire rack.
  3. Serve and enjoy! Soda bread is at its best on the day you bake it. Like all bread I love it when it's still a little warm from the oven.

Notes

We found the dough wetter and sticker than we're used to compared to other breads we've made, so don't be put off by this. You don't need to knead this dough, so it doesn't matter if it's a bit wetter.