Crunchy Tops Tear-and-Share Soda Bread Scones

Name: Crunchy Tops Tear-and-Share Soda Bread Scones
Cuisine: Northern Europe
Ingredients: 450 g plain flour, preferably unbleached; butter or olive oil, for greasing; butter or olive oil, for greasing; sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, kibbled wheat, caraway seeds, poppy seeds, oat flakes, pumpkin seeds, amaranth seeds, puffed rice and/or grated mature Cheddar cheese; sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, kibbled wheat, caraway seeds, poppy seeds, oat flakes, pumpkin seeds, amaranth seeds, puffed rice and/or grated mature Cheddar cheese; sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, kibbled wheat, caraway seeds, poppy seeds, oat flakes, pumpkin seeds, amaranth seeds, puffed rice and/or grated mature Cheddar cheese; sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, kibbled wheat, caraway seeds, poppy seeds, oat flakes, pumpkin seeds, amaranth seeds, puffed rice and/or grated mature Cheddar cheese; sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, kibbled wheat, caraway seeds, poppy seeds, oat flakes, pumpkin seeds, amaranth seeds, puffed rice and/or grated mature Cheddar cheese; sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, kibbled wheat, caraway seeds, poppy seeds, oat flakes, pumpkin seeds, amaranth seeds, puffed rice and/or grated mature Cheddar cheese; sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, kibbled wheat, caraway seeds, poppy seeds, oat flakes, pumpkin seeds, amaranth seeds, puffed rice and/or grated mature Cheddar cheese; sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, kibbled wheat, caraway seeds, poppy seeds, oat flakes, pumpkin seeds, amaranth seeds, puffed rice and/or grated mature Cheddar cheese; sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, kibbled wheat, caraway seeds, poppy seeds, oat flakes, pumpkin seeds, amaranth seeds, puffed rice and/or grated mature Cheddar cheese; sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, kibbled wheat, caraway seeds, poppy seeds, oat flakes, pumpkin seeds, amaranth seeds, puffed rice and/or grated mature Cheddar cheese; 350–400 ml buttermilk, depending on how thick it is; egg wash; 1 level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1 level teaspoon dairy salt

Preparation info

Makes
7

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Ballymaloe Bread Book

By Darina Allen

Published 2023

About

These crunchy-topped scones join in a tin to make an irresistible tear-and-share loaf or they can be baked individually.

Ingredients

butter or olive oil, for greasing
450 g plain flour, preferably unbleached
1 level teaspoon

Europe
Ireland
Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 230°C/450°F/gas mark 8. Grease a round tin measuring 23cm across × 4cm high with butter or olive oil.

Sieve the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Mix together and make a well in the centre. Pour in all the buttermilk at once. Using one hand, mix in the flou