
- 150g Strong white flour
- 350g wholemeal flour
- 1tsp bicarb
- 1 heaped tsp salt
- 1tbsp caster sugar
- 75g cold butter, cut into cubes
- 3tbsp sunflower oil
- 450ml buttermilk
- 2tbsp porridge oats
- Heat the oven to 200C and line a baking tray with baking paper
- Put all of the dry ingredients into a large bowl and rub the butter into the flour with your fingers and thumbs to make fine breadcrumbs
- Add the buttermilk and oil and mix until combined. The dough should be sticky and wet
- Tip the mixture onto a floured surface and either roll into flatened ball or into a long sausage shape, then place on the middle of the baking tray and cut a slash across the top with a sharp knife
- Sprinkle the porridge oats over the top and bake for half an hour
- Reduce the temperature to 180C and bake for another half hour
- Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before slicing
Great buttered with any soup, or toasted and buttered with marmalade