White Soda Bread

Method

1. Preheat your oven to 250ºC/gas mark 9. Grease a 2lb loaf tin and cut a long piece of parchment to sit on the base of the tin. This will help you get the loaf out in the end.

2. Sieve your flour, the bread soda and salt into a big bowl and make a well in the centre.

3. Mix the egg and butter milk together until they are combined. Pour this into the well in the flour. Mix with a wooden spoon until everything is together and looks like a dough.

4. Scoop the dough onto a countertop that is sprinkled with some flour and gently shape it with your hands into a sausage shape the same length as your tin. Put the dough into the tin and use a knife to make slit in the top of the loaf.

5. Bake for 15 minutes at 250ºC temperature then turn it down to 200ºC /gas mark 6 and bake for another 30 minutes.