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Date and Honey Soda Bread

Tue, 31 January 2023

Date and Honey Soda Bread

Catherine Leyden's Date and Honey Soda Bread

Ingredients:
• 12ozs/350g plain flour
• 1 tsp bread soda
• good pinch of each cinnamon, mixed spice and salt
• 2ozs/50g butter
• 5ozs /150g stoned dates, finely chopped
• 3ozs/75g dark chocolate chips (optional)
• 300ml buttermilk
• 3 Tbl honey
• 1 egg 
 
Method:
  1. Heat the oven to 200C /400F/gas 6.
  1. Dust a flat baking tray with flour.
  1. Put the flour, bread soda, cinnamon, mixed spice, and salt in a large bowl, add the butter and rub it in with your fingertips, until the mix resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Add the chopped dates and chocolate, if used, then toss to coat.
  1. In a jug, mix the buttermilk, honey, and egg, pour this into the dry ingredients and mix until to mixture comes together into a dough. Turn out the dough on to a well-floured surface, give it just a few quick, light kneads, then transfer to the tray and use a sharp knife to cut a deep cross into the top of it.
  1. Bake for 45-50 minutes, until the loaf is well browned and sounds hollow when tapped underneath. Leave to cool a little before slicing and eating warm with butter and an extra drizzle of honey.

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