OLIVE SODA BREAD

Ingredients you will need ....125 gm of butter/ margarine , 60 gm of castor sugar , 1 egg beaten , 185gm of plain flour ,470 gm of wholemeal self raiing flour, 1 and 1/2 tsp of bi carbonate soda , 375 ml of buttermilk / milk ,125 gm of sliced black olives , 1 dsp of poppy seeds ,1 tsp of salt flakes . Preheat your oven to 190 deg C . Line a baking tray with baking paper . Place the butter / margarine , sugar in your electric mixer and beat until smooth and creamy. Now replace your mixer beaters with the dough hook and add the flour mix , bi carb of soda ,egg and buttermilk / milk . Mix with the dough hook until you have a soft dough . Lightly flour your work surface and knead in the drained and sliced black olives . Shape the dough into a 20 cm / 8" circle and place on the baking paper lined oven tray . Using a sharp knife , cut a cross on top . Sprinkle with the poppy seeds and salt flakes . Bake for 45 minutes in your preheated oven or until the cob is well coloured . Remove the oven tray from the oven and let the bread stand on the oven tray for 5 minutes and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely . Sunday's are well spent baking bread and Monday's enjoying them sliced with butter/ marg .