another boat anchor

well I baked another loaf of soda bread, this time half whole wheat flour, and half pastry flour. ugh... the crust is still hard, and it's not done in the centre after 40 min of baking. I'm going to mix/knead a shorter amount of time next time, I think the chemical action is happening too much, whatever that is. *sigh*

Edit to add: I'm baking it at 450 F, I'm going to try a lower temp next time... I think the higher temp might account for the uneven cooking. I'm getting suspicious that my oven might be a bit off, I'm remembering now that my broccoli pastry frozen things cook in 15 min, instead of the 20 min they say on the package.