Soda Irish Bread

This bread is absolutely delicious! I made it for St. Patrick's day, and it went perfect with the corn bread, potatoes, and cabbage! What a meal! If you'd like to know how easy, and tasty this bread is, read on!

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 3/4 cup of whole wheat flour

• 1 3/4 cup of all purpose flour (you can either make it all whole wheat, or all purpose flour, it is up to you)

• 1 tablespoon of salt

• 1 teaspoon of baking soda

• 2 tablespoons of cold butter (I like to grate it, much easier to incorporate)

• 1 egg

• 1 2/3 cup of buttermilk (if you don't have buttermilk on hand like myself, then you can use regular milk and add 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar or regular vinegar)

• A handful of oats

DIRECTIONS:

• Preheat the oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit

• Sift all of your dry ingredients together in a stand mixer bowl (or you can do it by hand)

• In a seperate bowl, beat the egg in the buttermilk

• Make a hole in the middle of the dry ingredients and add in the wet ingredients

• Mix it until it all comes together

• On a floured surface, place the dough and bring it together, there is no need to knead the dough

• Take a baking pan and place a baking sheet or parchment paper and place some flour on top of it

• Place your dough on the baking sheet and slightly flatten the dough, making it approximately an inch and a half thick

• Make a cross on the dough with a sharp knife

• With the extra liquid from the buttermilk bowl, place that on top of the dough to get a beautiful golden color while baking

• Place some oats on top of the dough, and it's ready to bake!

• Bake for 15 minutes at 425 degrees Fahrenheit, then bring the temperature down to 400 degrees and bake for an additional 30 minutes

• The bread will have risen beautifully and will make your whole house smell like a beautiful bakery

• Enjoy with some butter, or cream cheese for a nice, small breakfast!

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