Name: Soda Bread
Yield: Makes 1 Loaf
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt; 10 ml/2 tsp cream of tartar; 10 ml/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 375 ml/13½ fl oz/1½ cups + 1 tbsp buttermilk; 15 ml/1 tbsp sugar; 100 g/3½ oz/scant 1 cup coarse oatmeal; 50 g/2 oz/4 tbsp butter; 5 ml/1 tsp salt; 400 g/14 oz/3½ cups plain flour; 65 g/2½ oz/generous ½ cup coarse oatmeal; 300 ml/10½ fl oz/1¼ cups buttermilk; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter; 5 ml/1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 5 ml/1 tsp cream of tartar; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp cream of tartar; 10 ml/2 tsp sugar; 225 ml/8 fl oz/scant 1 cup buttermilk; 320 g/11½ oz/generous 2¾ cups plain flour; 85 g/3 oz/¾ cup coarse oatmeal; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; 40 g/1½ oz/3 tbsp butter; 240 g/8½ oz/generous 2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour

Preparation info

Makes
1
Loaf

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

This quick Irish bread is perfect for a tea-time treat. It is best served warm with lashings of butter.

Ingredients

Small

240 g/8½ oz/generous 2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour
2.5

Method

Remove the kneading blade from the bread pan, if it is detachable, then line the base of the bread pan with baking parchment.
Sift the flour and salt together into a mixing bowl. Stir in the oatmeal. Add the butter and rub into th