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Recipe for Scottish Bannocks from Wikimedia cookbook

Cookbook:Scottish Wheat Bannock

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A recipe from Nova Scotia that is called both Scottish Bannock and Irish Soda Bread.

 Ingredients

  • 4 cups (950ml) whole wheat flour

  • 1/2 cup (120ml) sugar

  • 2 tsp baking soda

  • 1 tsp salt

  • 1.5 cups (360ml) buttermilk

  • 4 tablespoons butter (cut into pea-sized cubes

  • preheat oven to 350°F (180c)

  • Mix dry ingredients

  • Mix in butter

  • Mix in buttermilk to make a soft, workable dough

  • Optionally mix in blueberries, raisins or cinnamon to taste

  • Knead dough briefly

  • Oil a cookie sheet or use parchment paper

  • Make dough into a disc 3 or so inches thick. Cut an X i dough with a knife (1cm or so deep)

  • Bake 350°F (180c) for 50 to 70 minutes (depends on your oven) until a wood skewer stuck in comes out with no “gooeyness” on it

  • Let cool 5 to 10 minutes after taking from the oven, and break apart with your hands into serving-sized chunks.