Categories
 15Mins Prep Time |
 1Mins Cook Time |
 BeginnerSkill Level |
People
Ingredients
- 140 g bread flour
- 350 g whole meal flour
- 1 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 2 tsp Caster Sugar optional
- 60 g Butter
- 450 ml Buttermilk
- 6 tbsp Vegetable Oil or melted butter
Cooking Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees C (gas mark 6).
- Lightly flour a baking tray or 23x12cm loaf tin.
- Sift together the bread flour, wholemeal flour, salt, bicarb of soda, and 2 teaspoons sugar in a bowl.
- Rub the butter into the flour mixture
- Make a well in the centre of the mixture and pour in the oil and buttermilk. Stir with a spatula until dry mixture is completely moistened.
- Move the dough to a lightly-floured surface. Lightly knead the dough for no more than 1 minute.
- Shape and place the dough on a baking tray (or into the prepared tin).
- Cut a cross into the top of the loaf with your finger.
- Brush the top with milk or buttermilk.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 180 degrees C (gas 4); rotate tin and bake another 30 minutes.
- Allow loaf to cool on a wire rack before slicing