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Irish Soda Bread Recipe

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Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3½ cups All-purpose flour
2 to 3 tbsp sugar
1½ tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1½ to 1¾ cups buttermilk

For a more cake-like result add 1 egg and ¼ cup softened butter
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 425º

In a large bowl stir together flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda. Stir in enough buttermilk to make a stiff dough.


Lightly flour a rimless baking sheet and turn the dough onto it. Shape it into a large round. Slash the surface with a
sharp knife to make an "x" about an inch deep across the entire surface.

Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, until golden and crusty. A toothpick inserted should only have a few crumbs and the bread
should sound hollow when the bottom is tapped. (If it doesn't, remove it from the baking sheet and turn it upside down directly on the oven rack and bake for 5 or so additional minutes. Remove from the oven and wrap it in a clean tea
towel (I love this part) and leave it, wrapped, to cool on a wire rack. Wrapping it traps some of the escaping steam and keeps the exterior crust from becoming too hard.º
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
8 to 10
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
20 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This recipe makes a traditional Irish bread. The Americanized version is more cakelike which can be made by adding 1 egg and optional raisens. Pour mixture into a casserole dish and top with
2 tbsp. butter and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 375 for 30 minutes then lower temperature to 325 and bake for 20 to 30 minutes. Great with an Irish stew.

 

 

 

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