Sheila Shows Us How to Make Irish Brown Soda Bread.
Method:
Preheat oven. (See temperature below)
Mix all the dry ingredients first. Add buttermilk, starting with 2 cups and adding more if you need it. Stir until you have a consistency that will drop from the spoon if shaken.
Place the dough on a floured surface, knead lightly, shape into a round. Then flatten slightly and cut a deep x on it with a knife.
Bake in the oven.
200C or 400F for 10 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 190C or 375F for a further 50 min.
For those of you using a gas oven, this is gas mark 6, then gas mark 5 respectively.
When baked, cool on a wire rack. If you prefer a softer crust, wrap the baked bread in a clean tea towel until it has cooled.
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