Soda Bread
- Serves:
- 8
- Course:
- Baking Bread, Breakfast
- Prep:
- 10 mins
- Cook:
- 35 mins
- Total time:
- 45 mins
This is a really easy yeast free recipe. You can make it into a sweeter bread by adding chocolate chips or dried fruit. We like the basic recipe fresh from the oven, served with butter.
Credited to: Coeliac UK
Ingredients
- 400g (14oz) gluten free all-purpose flour*
- 1 tsp (5g) salt
- 1 tbsp (15g) sugar
- 1 tsp (5g) baking powder*
- 1 tsp (5g) bicarbonate of soda
- 280ml (½ pint) buttermilk, plus extra for glazing before baking
- 1 egg
* Check Coeliac UK's Food and Drink Information for suitable products
Method
Heat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas Mark 5. Place a baking tray in the oven to heat up ready for the bread
To make the dough, mix together the flour, salt, sugar, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda
Stir together the dry ingredients with the buttermilk and egg. Keep stirring them until the dough comes together
Put the dough on a lightly floured (with gluten free all-purpose flour) work surface, gently knead the dough with the heel of your hands, and push it around until it comes together to form into a ball. Make a cross across the top of dough with a knife
Open the oven, place the ball of dough into the preheated hot tray and bake for 30-35 minutes. You can check the bread is cooked by tapping the bottom of the loaf. It will sound hollow when cooked
Allow the bread to cool slightly before slicing and topping with butter.