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Wheaten bread

Wheaten bread is a variation of soda bread made with wholemeal flour and oats. Its crumb is denser and more rustic, and it keeps better than classic soda bread.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

On the side

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C and butter a round tin.
  2. In a bowl, mix the wholemeal flour, white flour, oats, bicarbonate of soda, salt and sugar.
  3. Pour in the buttermilk and the melted butter, then mix quickly by hand to form a rough dough.
  4. Place the dough in the tin, cut a cross on top and sprinkle with oats.
  5. Bake for 40 minutes, until the bread sounds hollow when tapped. Let it cool before slicing.

Variations and tips

Seeded version. Add sunflower and pumpkin seeds to the dough for extra crunch.

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