Toasted Oat Soda Bread

Name: Toasted Oat Soda Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Cuisine: British, European
Ingredients: Flavourless oil, e.g. groundnut, for greasing; 125g rolled oats, plus extra for scattering over the surface 275ml boiling water; 275 ml boiling water; 200 ml milk; 1 tsp lemon juice; 1 tsp cream; 150ml skimmed milk; 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 400g wholemeal flour; 1 tsp salt

6 steps

Prep:10minCook:1h 15min

If you have never baked bread before, a traditional Irish soda bread is a really good place to start. It is ‘raised’ with bicarbonate of soda rather than yeast, so there is no need to wait around for it to prove, and it’s pretty difcult for it to go wrong. Toasting the oats before adding them gives them a darker colour and nutty avour that works really well here

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 07:36:22 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

High

Glycemic Load

277

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories2115.8 kcal (106%)

Total Fat38.1 g (54%)

Carbs400.1 g (154%)

Sugars22.9 g (25%)

Protein66.9 g (134%)

Sodium4104.5 mg (205%)

Fiber65 g (232%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

1 servings

Flavourless oil

groundnut, for greasing

125grolled oats

plus extra for scattering over the surface 275ml boiling water

275mlwater

boiling

200mlmilk

1 tsplemon juice

1 tspcream

150mlskimmed milk

2 tspbicarbonate of soda

400gwholemeal flour

1 tspsalt

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F). Grease a 23cm non-stick cake tin with a little oil. Scatter the oats over a baking tray and place in the oven for 20-30 minutes, turning occasionally. The oats should become nutty and dark in colour.

Step 2

Tip the browned oats straight into a large bowl and pour over the boiling water. Leave the oats to soak until the water has cooled completely. Prepare the buttermilk by mixing 1 tsp of lemon juice with 1 cup of milk (200ml) - let it sit for 5 min

Step 3

Reduce the oven temperature to 180°C (350°F)

Step 4

Add the buttermilk and milk to the oats and water, then beat until thoroughly incorporated. Beat in the bicarbonate of soda, flour and salt until fully mixed.

Step 5

Tip the mixture into the cake tin and bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Quickly remove from the oven, brush with a little buttermilk, then scatter over a small handful of oats and return to the oven for a further 30 minutes. If the bread is colouring too much, cover with tin foil for the remaining time.

Step 6

Leave the bread to cool completely in the tin, then, when cool enough to handle, tip it out and serve.