Oatmeal Soda Bread

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 1/2 cups oatmeal
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• flour, for dusting
• 1/2 teaspoon butter

Recipe

• 1 in a mini-food processor, pulse the oatmeal until the meal is very fine. turn into a mixing bowl. stir the buttermilk into the oats and cover with plastic wrap.
• 2 let the oatmeal steep in the buttermilk for 12 hours (recipe doesn't state, but i refrigerate!).
• 3 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f. grease a 9-inch round cake pan with the butter.
• 4 in a mixing bowl, sift the other ingredients together.
• 5 stir in the steeped oatmeal and mix well. if the mixture is too wet add a little more flour.
• 6 lightly dust the work surface with some flour. turn the dough out onto the surface and knead the dough a couple of times to form a soft ball like shape.
• 7 press the dough into a round about 2 inches thick.
• 8 using a sharp knife, make a criss-cross cut into the bread.
• 9 place the bread in the prepared pan. bake until golden brown, about 25 to 30 minutes.
• 10 remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
• 11 serve the bread warm with butter.