Cookbook:Scottish Wheat Bannock Bread

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A recipe from Nova Scotia that is called both Scottish Bannock and Irish Soda Bread.

Ingredients

• 4 cups (950 ml) whole wheat flour
• ½ cup (120 ml) sugar
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1½ cups (360 ml) buttermilk
• 4 tbsp butter, cut into pea-sized cubes

Procedure

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C)
2. Combine dry ingredients. Rub in butter until crumbly.
3. Mix in buttermilk to make a soft, workable dough. Knead dough briefly.
4. Make dough into a disc about 3 inches thick. Cut an X shape in dough with a knife (1 cm or so deep). Transfer to an oiled or parchment-lined baking sheet.
5. Bake 350°F (180°C) for 50 to 70 minutes (depends on your oven) until a wood skewer stuck in comes out with no "gooeyness" on it
6. Let cool 5 to 10 minutes after taking from the oven, and break apart with your hands into serving-sized chunks.

Notes, tips, and variations

• Optionally mix in blueberries, raisins or cinnamon to taste.