
MAKES
1 loaf
DURATION
2-3 hours
DIFFICULTY
Easy

• 250g strong wholemeal bread flour
• 250g strong white bread flour, extra for dusting
• 80g oats, plus extra for sprinkling
• 12g bicarbonate of soda
• 9g fine sea salt
• 12g dark brown sugar
• 200g cold water
• 250g buttermilk

- Preheat the oven to 240°C/220°C fan/gas 7 (475ºF/425ºF fan) and line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Mix all of the dry ingredients together in a large bowl, then add the water and buttermilk and mix together until a wet dough is formed.
- Sprinkle a little flour over the dough to help bring it together, then roll it into a ball and place it on the prepared baking tray.
- Sprinkle with oats or more flour and cut a cross through the dough (about a quarter of the way through).
- Leave to rest for five minutes, then place your tray in the oven.
- Bake for 35 minutes, then take out of the oven and place on a rack to cool.
- Serve warm with salty butter.
