Brown soda bread

Ingredients
250g brown flour
200g white flour
20g porridge oats (and extra for sprinkling)
1 tsp bread soda, sieved
½ tsp salt, sieved
350ml buttermilk
1 egg
1 tsp honey

Method
Preheat your oven to 240ºC/gas mark 9. Line the base of a 2lb loaf tin with baking parchment.
Mix the flours and porridge with the sieved bread soda and salt. Stir these well so that the bread soda in particular is well mixed into the flours.
Measure the buttermilk into a measuring jug and add the egg and honey and whisk lightly with a fork to break the egg yolk and combine the ingredients.
Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour the wet mixture into it. Stir until mixed. I use a spatula to do this making sure to get all of the dry ingredients from the base of the bowl.
Scoop the mixture into your prepared tin. Flaten the top with the back of a wet spoon and make a slit down the centre to allow air escape as the bread bakes. Sprinkle a handful of oats over the bread and place the loaf tin into the centre of your oven.
Bake for 15 minutes at 240ºC/gas mark 9 then turn the oven down to 180ºC/gas mark 4 and bake for a further 30 minutes. Check the loaf is baked by inserting a skewer into the centre and making sure it comes out clean.
When the bread is cool enough to handle place it on a wire rack to cool completely.
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