Fruit & spice soda bread

By Cazj80

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Ingredients

100g rolled porridge oats
25g butter, diced
200g plain flour
200g plain wholemeal flour, plus extra for dusting
100g caster sugar
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1½ tsp mixed spice
1 tsp salt
50g raisins
50g sultanas
50g stoned dates, finely chopped
3 tbsp mixed peel
450ml buttermilk
3-4 tbsp demerara sugar

Details

servings 8
Level of difficulty Average
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 35mins
Cost Average budget

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Whizz the porridge oats and butter together in a food processor, or rub the butter into the oats with your fingertips in a big bowl. Stir in the flours, caster sugar, bicarbonate of soda, mixed spice, salt, raisins, sultanas, dates and mixed peel

Step 2

Pour over the buttermilk and quickly stir in with a round-bladed knife. Tip out onto a flour-dusted surface and gently bring together into a ball with your hands. Transfer to a flour-dusted baking sheet and scatter over the demerara sugar, pressing it into the top. Use a sharp, flour-dusted knife to cut a big cross in the top and bake for 30-35 minutes until crusty on the outside. Eat warm or cold, thickly sliced, with butter.

Buttermilk substitutions:-

1 cup buttermilk = 1 cup yogurt
1 cup buttermilk = 1 cup milk PLUS 1 Tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice (let stand for 10 minutes before using in recipe)
1 cup buttermilk = 1 cup milk PLUS 1-3/4 teaspoons cream of tartar