Scottish Soda Bread Recipes

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine whole wheat flour, bread flour, and 1/4 cup of the rolled oats. Blend in the baking powder, soda, salt, and butter. Make a hole in the center of the mixture and add the buttermilk. Stir until stiff dough forms. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup oats on bread board. Turn dough out onto board and knead for just 1 minute, shaping it as you go into a perfect round loaf. There should be a rather thick coating of the extra oats on the outside of the loaf.
• Cover baking sheet with parchment paper or lightly grease it. Place loaf seam side down on top of baking sheet. With sharp knife, make a cross slash in the top of the loaf about 1/2 inch deep. Preheat oven to 375°F Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until loaf sounds hollow when tapped. Transfer to rack and brush generously with melted butter. For good slicing, cool for at least 4 hours. Makes 1 loaf.
• Great Whole Grain Breads B. Ojakangas.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Mix together the flour, salt and bicarb in a bowl. And if you'd like rosemary bread, add the chopped rosemary too.
• Mix together the milk and lemon juice in a jug, and wait for a minute as it magically turns into buttermilk. Then stir in the honey, and simply pour it into the flour mixture. Stir it with a knife for a minute until the whole thing comes together into a sticky dough.
• Tip onto a floured work surface and shape it into a ball.
• Put the ball on a floured baking tray and, using a sharp knife, make a deep cross on top.
• Put in the oven and bake for 40 mins.
• Cool on a wire rack until warm, then slice and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°; butter a 10-inch diameter circle in the center of a baking sheet.
• In a big bowl, stir the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, caraway seeds, and salt.
• Cut the butter into ½ inch cubes and distribute them over the flour mixture.
• Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter until it resembles coarse crumbs.
• In a small bowl, stir the buttermilk and egg together; add the buttermilk mixture to the flour mixture and stir to combine.
• The dough will be sticky; with lightly floured hands, knead in the nuts and raisins until evenly distributed.
• With lightly floured hands, pat the dough into a 9-inch diameter circle in the center of the prepared baking sheet.
• Brush the egg yolk mixture over the top and sides of the dough.
• With a serrated knife, cut into 8 wedges.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a pick comes out clean.

Steps:

• Tip the flour into a large bowl and stir through the salt, sugar and bicarb. Make a well in the centre and pour in the buttermilk, then swiftly stir to combine. Tip onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly. Roll into a roughly 20cm circle and cut into quarters.
• Heat a skillet or heavy-based frying pan over a low-medium heat. Add the farls and cook for 8-10 mins on each side, or until golden brown and cooked through. Remove from the heat and leave the farls to cool in the pan for 10 mins. Split open and eat warm with butter.

Steps:

• Set oven to 325°F.
• Grease a l-pound loaf tin.
• Mix the flours, salt, baking soda and cream of tartar together in a bowl.
• Add the golden syrup and mix with sufficient of the milk to form soft dough.
• Turn out on to a floured surface and knead very gently.
• Place in the tin and cover with foil.
• Bake for about 50 minutes then remove the foil and bake for a further 10 minutes until the top is nicely browned.
• Turn out on to a wire rack to cool.
• Eat at once.

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 220C/450F.
• Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre and add the smaller quantity of buttermilk, 400ml or 14 fluid ozs.
• Mix by hand, adding more buttermilk if necessary, until you have a soft but not sticky dough.
• Turn out on to a floured surface and knead lightly - just enough to shape the dough into a round. Flatten it to about 2.5cm/1in thick and cut out 8-10 scones, using a 7.5cm/3in plain cutter.
• Put on to a floured baking tray and bake for about 20 minutes, until well risen and golden. Leave to cool slightly on a wire rack.
• Serve with soup, stews or traditional breakfasts.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 375ºF. Sprinkle flour on any round or square cake pan or pie plate and set aside. 2. Place the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and caraway seeds (if using) in a large mixing bowl. Add the butter and work it in with your fingertips until the mixture is crumbly and even in texture. Add the buttermilk and stir with a wooden spoon just long enough to moisten the dry ingredients. 3. Knead the mixture in the bowl for a minute. (The purpose of the kneading is not to develop gluten, as with yeast dough, but simply to mix the dough thoroughly-so don't overdo it.) If the dough is too sticky to handle, add a little more flour. 4. Shape the dough into a ball about 8 inches in diameter and place on the prepared pan. Dip a sharp knife in flour and use it to make two deep cuts into the loaf (almost-but not quite-to the bottom) in the shape of a plus sign. As the bread bakes, the cuts will spread apart. 5. Bake for about 30 to 40 minutes, or until the bread is golden brown and spread out like an open flower. Cool on a wire rack. To serve, pull the bread apart at the cut lines and tear off pieces.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, salt and baking soda. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk. Using your hand, mix in the flour from the sides of the bowl. The dough should be soft but not wet and sticky.
• Turn the dough out onto a well-floured work surface. Wash and dry your hands. Knead the dough lightly for a few seconds, then pat the dough into a round about 1 1/2 inches thick. Place it on a buttered baking sheet and using a sharp knife, cut a deep cross in the center of the dough reaching out all the way to the sides.
• Bake for 15 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 400 degrees, and continue to bake until the top is golden brown and the bottom of the bread sounds hollow when tapped, about 30 minutes longer. Serve warm.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, rolled oats, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• In another bowl, beat with a fork, the egg, shortening, and vanilla extract until well blended; add to the flour mixture.
• Add the Coke, prunes, and nuts; blend thoroughly with a spoon.
• Turn into a well-greased, lightly floured, 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
• Bake in a preheated, 350°F oven for about 1 hour or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool on a rack for 20 minutes before removing the bread from the pan.
• Store in foil overnight before slicing.