Ingredients for - The World's Best Irish Soda Bread

1. Cornmeal, or as needed 1 tablespoon
2. Unbleached all-purpose flour 1 ½ cups
3. White whole wheat flour 1 ½ cups
4. Old-fashioned rolled oats 1 cup
5. Brown sugar ⅓ cup
6. Baking soda 1 teaspoon
7. Salt 1 teaspoon
8. Butter, cut into pieces ¼ cup
9. Buttermilk 1 ¼ cups
10. Unbleached all-purpose flour for dusting 1 teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - The World's Best Irish Soda Bread

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sprinkle cornmeal onto a baking sheet or spray with cooking spray.

2 . Stage

Combine 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl. Cut butter into flour mixture using a pastry blender or your fingers until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

3 . Stage

Stir buttermilk into flour mixture using a fork just until dough is blended; knead 5 times in the bowl. Turn dough onto a floured surface; knead dough using floured hands 8 to 10 times; shape into a 6- to 8-inch loaf.

4 . Stage

Place loaf on the prepared baking sheet and sprinkle about 1 teaspoon flour over loaf. Cut a long 'x' over the top of the loaf using a serrated knife.

5 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until bread is golden, sounds hollow when top is tapped, and internal temperature is 190 degrees F (88 degrees C), 45 to 50 minutes.