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Untitled — Buttermilk Skillet Bread

Source
Handwritten note
Cook
35-40 min

No title given on the original card. This is a soda-leavened buttermilk bread baked as a single round loaf between two covered pans.

Ingredients

  • 4 c. flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda (1 Tbsp)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 3/4 c. buttermilk

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 425°.
  2. Grease and flour a 9" round pan.
  3. Stir flour, salt, and baking soda; then add buttermilk.
  4. Turn onto floured surface and knead gently a few times. Form dough into a ball and press into prepared pan like a large disk (dough should reach edge of pan).
  5. Cut an X in the center, about 1/4" deep.
  6. Cover the pan with another cake pan; turn upside down.
  7. Bake 25-30 minutes covered, remove cover, then bake 10 more minutes.

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