Fruit & spice soda bread
By Cazj80
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
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