Wholemeal Soda Bread
3 Reviews
About the bake
This wholemeal soda bread recipe is so quick and easy to make as it does not need yeast or proving!
Instead of making a cross, just bake the bread as round rolls and then once cooled, slice off the top, remove the soft bread inside to make a hollow bowl and fill with your favourite homemade soup!
To make this wholemeal soda bread recipe dairy-free or vegan, simply replace the buttermilk with dairy free milk plus 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, apple cider vinegar or white wine vinegar.
If you enjoyed baking this recipe, give our beer and cheese soda bread a go!
Method
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 230°C (fan 210°C, gas mark 8).
Step 2
Place the flour, caster sugar and salt in a large mixing bowl. Stir in the bicarbonate of soda and then the buttermilk.
Step 3
Bring together to give a soft dough, fold over once or twice until smooth but don’t over knead as you need to keep as much air as possible in the dough.
Step 4
Turn the dough out onto a greased baking tray and shape into a round 4cm deep. Cut a deep cross in the centre to divide into 4, without cutting all the way through. Dust with a little extra flour before baking.
Step 5
Bake the bread immediately for 15 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 200°C (fan 180°C, gas mark 6) and bake for a further 30 minutes until the bread is golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped underneath.
Ingredients
- 500gAllinson's seed & grain wholemeal bread flour
- 400mlButtermilk
- 1 tspSalt
- 1 tspSilver Spoon White Caster Sugar
- 2 tspBicarbonate of soda