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The addition of one-quarter white flour to the soda bread ingredients along with the 3 cups whole wheat flour gives the final loaf a dense but moist consistency. And it still has plenty of earthy ...

Pat the dough into a round, about 4cm deep and cut a cross on it (the traditional blessing), then prick in the four corners to let the fairies out of the bread, otherwise they will jinx it!

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STEP 1 Grab a grown-up to preheat the oven to 200C and prepare a baking sheet by dusting it with flour. STEP 2 Mix the flour, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl. Make a well in the ...

Put the brown flour and porridge oats into a large bowl and stir them together. Sieve the white flour, bread soda and salt in on top of the oats and brown flour and mix everything. Make a well in ...

Cool on a wire rack. If you don't have buttermilk for the soda bread recipe, you can use half-and-half plain yoghurt mixed with milk. You can also use milk that has been soured by stirring in a ...

The Irish claimed this bread as their own because ... F&W's guide covers the traditional recipe but also throws in some curveballs, like soda bread pudding and bread dotted with caraway seeds ...

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Stir together the flour, soda, salt in a large bowl. Cut in the shortening/butter with a pastry blender until it looks like coarse meal. Add all of the wholemeal flour, stir, then add the ...

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