A balanced diet is one of these in each hand: Caramel soda bread
How to Make Caramel soda bread
Preparation time:
less than 30 mins
Cooking time:
10 to 30 mins
Serves:
Makes 12
Ingredients
- 350g/12oz plain flour
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 25g/1oz caster sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 100g/3½oz dark chocolate
- 300ml/10fl oz buttermilk (or whole milk mixed with 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste
- 12 chocolate-covered caramels
- 1 tsp cocoa powder
- 75g/2½oz dark chocolate
Method
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Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Dust a baking tray with a little flour.
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Put the flour, bicarbonate of soda, sugar, salt and chocolate into a large bowl and mix together.
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Mix the vanilla paste into the buttermilk.
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Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and add the wet ingredients, then use a palette knife to bring the dough together.
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Drop the dough into the centre of the prepared baking tray. Using floured hands, flatten it to a square roughly 25cm x 25cm/10in x 10in.
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Using a sharp knife, cut into 12 squares, making sure to cut all the way down. In the centre of each square add a soft caramel and push down gently into the centre.
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Bake for 30 minutes. Once baked, leave the bread on the tray for 10 minutes. Dust with cocoa powder and drizzle with the melted chocolate.
