Irish Soda Bread

Ingredients: 1lb (4 cups plain flour) 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1.5 cups buttermilk Preheat oven to 450°F Sieve the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Scoop up handfuls and allow to drop back into the bowl to aerate the mixture. Add enough buttermilk to make a soft dough. Now work quickly as the buttermilk and soda are already reacting. Knead the dough lightly ((in the bowl) - too much handling will toughen it. It will be moist and shaggy like a biscuit dough. Form a round loaf and place it on a lightly-floured baking sheet. Cut a deep cross in the top with a floured knife. Put at once to bake near the top of a pre-heated oven, 450°F for 30 minutes. When baked, the loaf will sound hollow when rapped on the bottom with your knuckles. Wrap immediately in a clean tea-towel to stop the crust hardening too much. Consume immediately with butter & jam; this delicious bread doesn't stay fresh more than a day or so. Equipment available on Amazon (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases) Lodge Combo Cooker http://amzn.to/25QExhp Masterproofing 8-inch Round Banneton http://amzn.to/1XOfgQv Frieling Brotform Oval Bread Rising Basket http://amzn.to/28sP01i EatSmart Precision Pro Digital Kitchen Scale http://amzn.to/28sO8d8 Cambro 6 qt Round Polypropylene Food Storage Container http://amzn.to/1UJWId0 Römertopf® Universal Casserole http://amzn.to/1XOi2FD Ove Glove http://amzn.to/1UJWHpu Bread Lame http://amzn.to/1Unb7jH Bowl Scraper / bench knife http://amzn.to/1UJX4k5 Kuhn Rikon Bread Knife http://amzn.to/1toNwoV Single Edge Cutter Blade http://amzn.to/1UnaE10 High-Performing Digital Food/Meat Thermometer - Lavatools Javelin/Thermowand http://amzn.to/28sPdBL

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