I have been making lots of soda bread recently and this week I have been experimenting with ancient grains like rye, barley, oats and spelt. Rye The loaves made using rye flour were very successful. I used both dark and light rye flours and both worked well. I preferred the […]
I remember my grandmother baking soda bread on her old fashioned solid fuel range. Going down to breakfast in the morning there would be the delicious smell of fresh soda bread. Baking soda bread is for me a comforting return to childhood memories. It is a very simple, easy, quick […]
Soda bread is a simple, delicious, yeast free bread. My Irish grandmother made her soda bread using traditional buttermilk ie: the liquid left when making butter. Last week I was asked which liquid I prefer to use in making scones. I usually use cultured buttermilk which I make myself. It […]
