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Plum Duff 01

Plum Duff 01 is a desserts recipe made with Salt, Baking Soda, Sugar, and Buttermilk Or Sour Milk. Keep it handy for the next time you cook it.

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Ingredients

• 1
• 1
• 1
• 2 cup

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Sieve the dry ingredients into a large bowl.

2. 2

   Scoop up handfuls and allow to drop back into the bowl to aerate the mixture.

3. 3

   Add enough buttermilk to make a soft dough.

4. 4

   Now work quickly as the buttermilk and soda are already reacting.

5. 5

   Knead the dough lightly, too much handling will toughen it, while too little means it won't rise properly.

6. 6

   Form a round loaf about as thick as your fist.

7. 7

   Place it on a lightly-floured baking sheet and cut a cross in the top with a floured knife.

8. 8

   Put at once to bake near the top of a pre-heated oven, 450 degrees, for 30 - 45 minutes.

9. 9

   When baked, the loaf will sound hollow when rapped on the bottom with your knuckles.

10. 10

    Wrap immediately in a clean tea towel to stop the crust hardening too much.