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Soda Bread Ingredients: • 450 g / 1 lb / 3 1/2 cups flour • 1 teaspoon sugar • 1 teaspoon salt • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda • Between 200-300 ml / 8-10 fluid ounces sour milk, or buttermilk Directions: Preheat the oven to 450 F. Sift the dry ingredients together several times in a big bowl. make a well in the center. Pour about three-quarters of the buttermilk or sour milk and begin to stir. Add more liquid sparingly if you need it- dough should be raggy, soft and dryish. Blend ingredients. Then knead dough, only for around half a minute. Shape the bread into a circular flat piece and put on a baking sheet (lightly dusted with flour). With a sharp knife cut a cross across the top.  Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes then decrease the temperature to 400 degrees.

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