Scottish Wheat Bannock Bread
A recipe from Nova Scotia that is called both Scottish bannock and Irish soda bread.
Ingredients
- 4 cups (950 ml) whole wheat flour
- ½ cup (120 ml) white granulated sugar
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1½ cups (360 ml) buttermilk
- 4 tbsp butter, cut into pea-sized cubes
Ingredients for 10 servings (1 kg) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C)
Oven - 2
Combine dry ingredients. Rub in butter until crumbly.
- 3
Mix in buttermilk to make a soft, workable dough. Knead dough briefly.
- 4
Make dough into a disc about 3 inches thick. Cut an X shape in dough with a knife (1 cm or so deep). Transfer to an oiled or parchment-lined baking sheet.
Oven - 5
Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 50–70 minutes (depending on your oven) until a skewer stuck in comes out with no "gooeyness" on it
Oven - 6
Let cool 5–10 minutes after taking from the oven, then break apart with your hands into serving-sized chunks.
Oven
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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