The Sportman’s Soda Bread

Ingredients
125g wholemeal flour
65g self-raising flour
65g pinhead oats
30g bran
15g wheatgerm
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
1 tsp sea salt
1 tbsp treacle
300ml buttermilk

Method
Heat the oven to 220C/ gas mark 7 and generously flour a baking tray.
Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
Add the treacle and buttermilk and mix together until fully incorporated.
Turn the sticky dough out onto a well-floured work counter and knead lightly, just until no longer sticky. Form into a loaf shape and lift onto the prepared baking tray.
Bake for 5 minutes in the heated oven, then lower the temperature to 180C/ gas mark 4 and bake for 30-40 minutes. When the loaf is cooked, it should soundhollow when you tap the underside.
Or test with a skewer, which should come out clean when inserted into the centre of the bread.
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