Soda bread

2 cups strong brown flour; 1 1/2 cups white flour; 1 1/4 cups bran; handful of porridge oats; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp baking  powder; 1 ounce butter; 2 cups buttermilk.

Preheat oven to 350F Mix all the dry ingredients. Rub in the butter till it looks like fine breadcrumbs. Stir in buttermilk. Mix well. Form into a round shape, and flatten a bit. Cut a deep cross in it - but not to the bottom!! Bake for 10 minutes. Lower heat to 300 for a further 25. Should sound hollow when tapped. Wrap in tea-towel and cool on rack.