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Irish Soda Bread with Spelt Flour

 


Soda bread is the perfect accompaniment with any rustic casseroles or soups, particularly if they are Irish and on St. Paddy's day.  This recipe is especially yummy because it is made with spelt flour, an ancient grain flour that is kind of suited to cakes and muffins, in my opinion. Once in our local health store I was searching madly for spelt flour, and ran into another woman who was as well. We joined in a mutual rave. If you aren't baking with it yet, you will like it a lot when you do.

Here are the ingredients for the soda bread

  • 3 cups spelt flour (or 1 3/4 cup plain white flour, 1 1/4 cup of whole wheat flour)
  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda (NOT baking powder)
  • 1 tablespoon fennel seeds or currents (optional)
  • 1 1/4 cup non-dairy milk (I used almond milk--oat, rice, soy are all good neutral-tasting choices)
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
Method:
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit 
  2. In medium-large size bowl, mix dry ingredients well.
  3. Stir non-dairy milk and vinegar or lemon juice together and add to the dry ingredients, mixing to combine.  
  4. Make a ball and place on a piece of parchment paper on a pan, or on a pizza peel (paddle) if you plan to use a pizza stone already heated in the oven and waiting for the bread.  
  5. Cut a deep cross -- almost to the base of the ball-- in the dough-- this is what allows the inside of the bread to bake properly.
  6. Bake the dough for 30 minutes.
  7. Enjoy! (and if there are leftovers, enjoy it as toast later!)
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