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Scottish Wheat Bannock Bread
A recipe from Nova Scotia that is called both Scottish bannock and Irish soda bread.
Ingredients
- whole wheat flour, 950 ml4 cup
- caster sugar, white granulated; 120 ml1/2 cup
- bicarbonate of soda2 tsp
- salt1 tsp
- buttermilk, 360 ml1 1/2 cup
- butter, cut into pea-sized cubes4 tbsp
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 6 steps
Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C)
Combine dry ingredients. Rub in butter until crumbly.
Mix in buttermilk to make a soft, workable dough. Knead dough briefly.
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.
Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 50–70 minutes (depending on your oven) until a skewer stuck in comes out with no "gooeyness" on it
Let cool 5–10 minutes after taking from the oven, then break apart with your hands into serving-sized chunks.
Region evidence: place name in title — Dish name: “Scottish” in “Scottish Wheat Bannock Bread” (corrected; previously north-america/CA/CA-NS)
