Guinness Soda Bread Recipe

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180c/350f.
2. Pour the plain flour, wholemeal flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a large mixing bowl. Briefly stir.
3. Cube the butter and work it into the dry ingredients with your fingertips.
4. When you have a consistency like fine breadcrumbs, make a well in the middle and pour in the buttermilk, Guinness and treacle.
5. Mix together with a wooden spoon then your hands until combined and a dough is formed.
6. Place on a baking tray lined with greaseproof or parchment paper.
7. Make a cross on the top, brush with buttermilk and sprinkle with porridge oats.
8. Place in the oven and bake for 30-35 minutes until risen and cooked through.
9. Leave to cool and enjoy.

For another classic recipe from the emerald isle, try my Irish colcannon.