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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 35 Minutes |
Ready In: 35 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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Quick & easy, this is an enriched soda bread, sweeter tasting than the ordinary soda bread and softer to. Ingredients:
1 lb / 500gms/ 4 cup plain flour (all purpose flour) |
1 teaspoon salt |
1 very heaped teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) |
2 tablespoons sugar |
1oz / 25 grams/ butter |
1 egg |
1pt/ 1/2 litre/ 2 cups buttermilk |
some extra egg beaten or milk |
some extra butter |
Directions:
1. Sieve all the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl. Add the butter and rub in.
2. In a cup break the egg and use a fork to beat. Make a well in the centre and add the egg & buttermilk, mix all ingredients the dough should be quite soft (wet and stickily), if its too dry add more buttermilk, too wet add more flour.
3. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and very gently knead (don't knead like bread its more a light massage for a couple of mintues only)
4. Shape into a circle and place onto a baking tray
5. With a knife mark into 4 pieces.
6. Brush the top of the soda bread with a some beaten egg or milk.
7. Cook in a moderate oven until golden brown. If you lift the bread and tap-it it should sound hollow, it is cooked.
8. Using a knife butter the top of the soda bread using a small amount of butter (keeps it soft), wrap the soda bread in a clean tea towel to cool again keep the crust from going to soft it also absorb the steam stopping it from going soggy.
9. Eat plain, with butter and/ or jam, toast it and add honey.
10. Variations: I often divide the mixture into two and have one plain and the other I add dried fruits (currents & raisins, cherries, blueberries whatever I have in the cupboard really)
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