Theo and I did some baking today., are you thinking about baking bread this weekend?
Perhaps you can make bread and remember your favourite memories of food shared with friends or family.
Perhaps you could sit around and eat the bread while remembering your favourite stories of Jesus.
Theodore and I baked a simple Soda Bread today, Soda Bread’s are simple, quick (no kneading, no yeast, no rising time) and oh so tasty, once pulled from the oven the bread is basically ready to break and eat.
This particular recipe was stolen from The Guardian online, it’s my favourite soda bread recipe…
The Perfect Soda Bread
(Makes 1 loaf)
450g coarse wholemeal flour
50g rolled oats
1 tsp salt
1 level tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tbsp treacle (or Molasses)
1 tbsp honey
450ml buttermilk (or sour milk, or milk with 1 tbsp lemon juice)
1 tbsp melted butter, to finish
Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/gas mark 6
and grease a baking sheet.
Once the oven has come to temperature, put all the dry ingredient into a large mixing bowl and whisk together to combine.
Make a well in the middle. Stir the treacle and honey into the buttermilk until well mixed, then pour this into the well and, very quickly, stir together with your hands until you have a soft, sticky dough.
Form this into a round on your baking sheet and cut a deep cross in the dough.
Bake for 50 minutes to an hour, keeping an eye on it, until the crust is golden and the loaf sounds hollow when tapped underneath.
Brush with melted butter and leave to cool before tearing into it.
Eat as soon as possible, as it doesn’t keep very well.