Categories: Bread, Irish

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour (about 9 ounces)
• 2 cups whole wheat flour (about 9 1/2 ounces)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups buttermilk
• Cooking spray

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450°.

2. Lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flours, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl; stir with a whisk. Make a well in center of mixture. Add buttermilk to flour mixture; stir until blended (dough will be sticky). Turn dough out onto a generously floured surface; knead lightly 4 to 5 times. Shape dough into an 8-inch round loaf; place on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Cut a 1/4-inch-deep X in the top of the dough.

3. Bake at 450° for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 400° (do not remove bread from oven); bake 15 minutes or until loaf sounds hollow when tapped. Cool on a wire rack.

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