When you don’t have time to make a yeast bread why not try a soda bread. They are easy to make, hearty and quite nice with soups and stews.
Ingredients
- 1 cup unbleached flour
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 teas baking powder
- 1 teas baking soda
- 1/2 teas salt
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 tbls butter, melted
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 F. Grease a small cookie sheet.
- In a large mixing bowl combine dry ingredients and mix well.
- Add buttermilk, mixing just until dry ingredients are moistened.
- Turn out on a well floured surface. Knead gently until smooth, about 1 minute.
- Shape dough into a ball. Place on the cookie sheet and flatten into a 7″-8″ circle (dough should be about 1 1/2″ thick). Make an X using a large floured knife cutting almost through to the bottom.
- Bake 35-45 minutes or until loaf sounds hollow when tapped.
- Remove to a wire rack. Brush the top with butter. Cool and enjoy.
Most times I do not have buttermilk in the fridge but I have made this with yogurt thinned with a bit of water. I have also used 50% canned milk 50% water soured with vinegar or lemon. Fresh milk soured with vinegar or lemon would also do in a pinch.