World's Best No Yeast Bread - Irish Soda Bread!
  1. Preheat oven to 220°C/430°F (200°C fan).

  2. Line tray with baking paper.

  3. Whisk both flours (not Extra Flour), baking soda and salt in a bowl.

  4. Add buttermilk, stir until it's too hard to stir anymore.

  5. Sprinkle 2 tbsp Extra Flour onto work surface, scrape out dough, sprinkle with more flour.

  6. Gently knead no more than 8 times, bring together into a ball. (See Note 4 below:)

  7. Transfer to tray, pat into 2.5cm/1" thick disc.

  8. Cut cross on surface 1 cm / 0.3" deep using serrated knife.

  9. Bake 20 minutes. Turn oven down to 200°C/390°F (180°C fan).

  10. Bake further 20 minutes, or until the base sounds hollow when tapped in the middle.

  11. Transfer to rack and cool for at least 30 minutes before slicing

  12. Storage – keeps well for 3 days in an airtight container, 4 to 5 days in the fridge. Or freeze it for months!

Course🍚Side Dish

Diets🥕Vegetarian...

Category🍞Bread

Cuisine🇮🇪Irish

Occasions🍳Breakfast🥐Brunch📆Everyday

Season🔁Year-round

DifficultyEasy ⏰ 45m

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