Date and oat soda bread with salted date butter
Deeply brown and tender, with oats in every bite.
Warm, sweet date loaf, split by a crisp scored cross.
Slather on salted date butter for rich, slow sweetness.
breakfast ⏱ 45 min 420 kcal / portion 64.0 g carbs / portion (estimated) vegetarian glutenmilk 🔗 Original source
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Preparation steps
- preheat oven to 220°C and dust tray with bread flour
- mix bread flour, wholemeal flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, and oats
- mix dates with buttermilk and date syrup plus cold tap water
- make a well in dry mix, pour in wet ingredients, and gently knead until dough just comes together – do not overwork it
- form dough into a 15cm round loaf and place on the floured baking tray
- score a 5cm-deep cross into the top of the dough
- bake for 35 min until nicely browned and cooked through
- cool loaf on a rack for at least 15 minutes
- blitz softened salted butter for 60 seconds until pale and fluffy and incorporate buttermilk
- swirl in remaining buttermilk gently so it stays incorporated
- swirl in the remaining date syrup gently so it stays partially streaky
- smear date butter on the bread and serve warm or toasted