Fruit & Spice Soda Bread
This hearty and wholesome soda bread is a celebration of traditional flavors and simplicity. With a combination of fragrant spices, sweet dried fruits, and nutty oats, this loaf is perfect for slicing up and enjoying with a slather of butter. Let the warm aromas fill your kitchen as you bake a batch of this delicious bread to share with loved ones.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 100g rolled porridge oats
- 25g butter , diced
- 200g plain flour
- 200g plain wholemeal flour , plus extra for dusting
- 100g caster sugar
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1½ tsp mixed spice
- 50g raisins
- 50g sultanas
- 50g stoned dates , finely chopped
- 3 tbsp mixed peel
- 450ml buttermilk
- 3-4 tbsp demerara sugar
Instructions
- Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Whizz the porridge oats and butter together in a food processor, or rub the butter into the oats with your fingertips in a big bowl. Stir in the flours, caster sugar, bicarb, mixed spice, 1 tsp salt, the raisins, sultanas, dates and mixed peel.
- Pour over the buttermilk and quickly stir in with a round-bladed knife. Tip out onto a flour-dusted surface and gently bring together into a ball with your hands. Transfer to a flour-dusted baking sheet and scatter over the demerara sugar, pressing it into the top. Use a sharp, flour-dusted knife to cut a big cross in the top and bake for 30-35 mins until crusty on the outside. Eat warm or cold, thickly sliced, with butter.
Cook Time
35M
Prep Time
PT30M
Yield
MAKES ONE LARGE LOAF enough for 8
Nutrition
- Calories: 405 calories
- Fat Content: 5 grams fat
- Saturated Fat Content: 2 grams saturated fat
- Carbohydrate Content: 79 grams carbohydrates
- Sugar Content: 41 grams sugar
- Fiber Content: 5 grams fiber
- Protein Content: 10 grams protein
- Sodium Content: 0.6 milligram of sodium
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