Soda / Wheaten Bread

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Any Soda/Wheaten fans? It's a non-yeasted bread using baking powder as rising agent activated by buttermilk so it's really easy to make. Mix all dry ingredients together, add wet ingredients, mix, bake, no lengthy kneading or proving necessary.

Great on it's own toasted with butter, on a cheese board, as part of a fry, with a slice of smoked salmon.

Here's my go to Guinness & Treacle Soda Bread

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Had soda bread once years ago and it was rank and so avoided it ever since.

That's my useful two pence put in!!
 
Agree soda bread is nice ... just the comparative expense (>ingredients) of putting on the main oven to cook it;
I've not contemplated trying to bake it in the bread machine, that is otherwise used regularly for sourdough plain&fruited breads;
If I were convinced an air-fryer could provide an appropriate baking environment that would be a purchase motivation.
 
My mum made the most incredible Irish soda bread with sour milk, wish now I'd paid attention to how she made it.
 
Clav said:
Any Soda/Wheaten fans? It's a non-yeasted bread using baking powder as rising agent activated by buttermilk so it's really easy to make. Mix all dry ingredients together, add wet ingredients, mix, bake, no lengthy kneading or proving necessary.

Great on it's own toasted with butter, on a cheese board, as part of a fry, with a slice of smoked salmon.

Here's my go to Guinness & Treacle Soda Bread

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If you have a good recipe, please share
 
its pretty common where I live in Scotland, I love a "Sodie 'n' Cheese". Sodie Scone is how we say Soda Scone where I am from and they are banging.
 
Here is my go to recipe https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/irish-soda-bread

I will often add about 1 tbsp of fresh lemon juice to 500ml blue milk, leave for about 20 mins and use instead of buttermilk, or use sour milk as mentioned above.

It may not take the full 500ml of milk and a good tip is, once you add the milk to the flour, get it in the oven as fast as possible as the reaction starts straight away.

Oh and i just bake it in a normal bread tin.
 
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EdwardTeach said:
If you have a good recipe, please share
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www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk

Guinness and treacle soda bread

Sweet, moreish and perfect for sharing. Try Liam Finnegan's recipe for mini Guinness and treacle soda bread loaves - a great way to serve a crowd.
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This is the base recipe from OP.

My tweaks based on mood:
More traditional: Remove Guinness & treacle, up honey and buttermilk to same quantity
More seedy: Swap oats or just add seeds to mix
No buttermilk: Can use sour milk, or semi-skimmed curdled with lemon juice
 
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recently started using cider-vinegar + bicarb as an alternative to buttermilk in baked goods (you can always have these in the cupboards)
 
jpaul said:
recently started using cider-vinegar + bicarb as an alternative to buttermilk in baked goods (you can always have these in the cupboards)
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I only just learned of this as an option, never needed it before but wife has developed an allergy to wheat and milk, amongst other reactions.

Waiting on a delivery of various flours and ingredients from Shipton Mill and had a Panasonic bread maker delivered at the weekend. Picked up some cyder vinegar while at the shops earlier. Just finding some more interesting recipes now.
 
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