This morning, I had a craving for the amazing breads from the Flour Power bakery but felt so lazy that couldn't be bothered driving all the way to West End just for bread. So, I decided to go for an easy option - making this good old soda bread (a recipe from Japan)!
The original recipe said to use figs but I didn't have any, so I used dried apricots instead. I would have loved to use some sort of healthier flour such as organic wholemeal, etc but the texture of this dough is pretty dense already so decided not to use anything like that. Would be good to experiment with some different kinds of flour and to find a trick to make it still work with flours that give denser texture to dough!!
You'd be able to enjoy this soda bread within 40mins or so after you get up so I totally recommend it for a lazy Sunday brekkie/brunch :)
Apricot(Fig) & Walnut Soda Bread
150 g dried apricots(figs), roughly chopped
50 g chopped walnuts
250 g plainflour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup plain yoghurt
1/2 cup milk
1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees.
2. Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar together in a bowl.
3. Add the apricots and walnuts then make a well in the centre. Add the yoghurt and milk and mix everything by hand till everything is just combined.
4. Form a log and criss-cross the top, then bake in the 170 degrees oven for 30 mins. Serve the bread with butter and jam if you like.
