#245 - Whole Wheat Soda Bread

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 cup flour
2 TBSP Domino's dark brown sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 TBSP cold butter or margarine
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup Quaker old fashioned oats
1 1/2 cups buttermilk

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a cookie sheet. By hand in a large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. Mix well. Add butter and mix with your hands. Stir in the whole wheat flour and the oats. In the center of the dough, make a large hole and pour buttermilk in the hole. Mix the dough and buttermilk with a fork until well blended. Drop the dough on to a floured countertop. Knead the dough for 1 minute. Shape dough into a ball and place on the cookie sheet. Flatten out the dough into a 6" circle. Use a knife and cut a cross into the top of the loaf. Bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes or until brown.