This super-simple soda bread has chopped South African apples and mixed seeds added for crunch, flavour and sheer yumminess! Serve it warm, with spiced apple butter.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 45 minutes

Makes 1 loaf

Ingredients

3 South African Pink Lady apples

225g plain flour

225g wholemeal plain flour

1tsp salt

1tsp caster sugar + 1tbsp

1tsp bicarbonate of soda

3tbsp mixed seeds, plus extra for sprinkling

200g 0% fat Greek-style plain yoghurt

200ml milk

Generous pinch ground cinnamon

Knob of butter

Method

1 Preheat the oven to 210°C, fan oven 200°C, Gas Mark 6. Lightly grease a baking tray. Core and chop one apple.

2 Mix together the plain and wholemeal flours, salt, 1tsp sugar and bicarbonate of soda in a large mixing bowl. Stir in the chopped apple and mixed seeds.

3 Beat together the yoghurt and milk, then add this to the flour mixture and combine to make a soft dough. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead lightly for a few moments. Shape into a round, place on the baking sheet and cut a deep cross in the top. Sprinkle with a few more mixed seeds.

4 Bake for 40-45 minutes. Meanwhile, peel, core and chop the remaining apples. Cook in simmering water with the cinnamon and 1tbsp sugar, until very tender. Drain and mash, adding a knob of butter.

 5 Remove the loaf from the oven and cool, covering with a clean tea towel if you prefer a softer crust. Serve with the cinnamon apple butter.

Cook’s tips: Soda bread is best eaten on the day that you make it, then afterwards it tastes great when toasted. You could always freeze half the loaf to use later.

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