Laura's Scrumptious Wheat-free Soda Bread

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups chestnut flour
• 1 cup almond meal
• 1/2 cup arrowroot
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1 cup currants
• 1 1/3 cups buttermilk
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon caraway seed (optional)
• 1 egg yolk (optional)
• 1 tablespoon cream (optional)

Recipe

• 1 grease small casserole (probably 9x11, i didn't measure).
• 2 mix chestnut flour, almond meal, arrowroot powder, sugar, salt, & baking powder.
• 3 cut butter into flour mixture with pastry cutter or 2 knives.
• 4 add currants & stir to coat them. add caraway seeds, if desired.
• 5 combine buttermilk, egg, & baking soda, and stir into dry mixture, just to combine.
• 6 pour dough into casserole.
• 7 brush top with egg yolk or cream.
• 8 bake 30 minutes, or till knife comes out clean.