This wee loaf is super to have up your sleeve, ready from start to finish in 40 minutes.

     Ingredients

• 175g of Plain Flour or Wholemeal Flour
• 175g of Self Raising Flour
• ½tsp of salt
• ½tsp Bicarb of Soda
• 300mls of butter milk or natural yoghurt. If you have neither of these ordinary milk will do if you mix 2tbsp of lemon juice into it or even a squirt of vinegar

      Method

1. Pre heat your oven to 220ºc, 425ºf, gas mark 7.
2. Put all the dry ingredients into a bowl.
3. Create a well in the centre of the flour and pour in the liquid.
4. Mix until brought together.
5. Tip out onto a floured surface and knead for just a minute until well combined.
6. Shape into a round and place on a floured tray.
7. Gently press down to flatten slightly.
8. Flour the top.
9. Score a cross in the dough with a sharp knife.
10. Bake in the centre of the oven for 30 minutes.
11. Tap the base to make sure it’s cooked. It should sound hollow to the tap.
12. Enjoy.