Chocolate And Orange Soda Bread

• 3 5/8 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 3/4 tablespoons butter cold, chopped in pieces
• 5/8 cup milk chocolate chopped, or chocolate drops
• 3 7/16 tablespoons orange candied, chopped in small pieces
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk

1. Preheat the oven to 220C.
2. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and set aside.
3. Sift the flour, soda, salt, and sugar in a large bowl.
4. Add the butter and rub together with the fingertips until completely blended.
5. Make a well in the center and add the buttermilk. Work into a dough ball by hand. Add more buttermilk as necessary. the dough should be soft but not too sticky.
6. Place the dough on a lightly floured work surface and shape into a ball about 3-4 centimeters big. Do not knead the dough too much.
7. Sprinkle the top with flour and make a deep cut in the surface in the shape of a cross or X.
8. Bake for 35 minutes until golden brown and a knock to the base sounds hollow.
9. Best eaten the same day, or toasted on the day after.

flour, baking soda, salt, sugar, butter cold, milk chocolate, orange candied, buttermilk

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Chocolate-and-Orange-Soda-Bread-561520 (may not work)