Irish Soda Bread
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Irish Soda Bread
Description
This Irish Soda Bread mixes all-purpose flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cold butter until the butter is pea-sized. Beaten egg and buttermilk are added to create a very wet dough, into which raisins are folded. The dough is floured on the surface, shaped into a circular loaf, and scored with an X on top to help the bread bake evenly.
Baked at 375°F, the loaf develops a browned crust while baking through in about 35 to 45 minutes. The finished bread offers a balanced texture: crusty outside with a moist, tender interior accented by bursts of sweetness from the raisins.
Irish Soda Bread is commonly served sliced, ideal for breakfast or with meals that complement its slightly sweet, bread-like texture. This recipe recommends a buttermilk substitution using milk and vinegar to replicate acidity if needed.
Storage and substitution notes help adapt the recipe depending on ingredient availability, with the vinegar-milk mix serving as an alternative to buttermilk.
Ingredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 5 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 6 tbsp butter cold
- 1 large egg
- 1 3/4 cups buttermilk
- 1 cup raisins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375° F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl whisk flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Using a pastry cutter/blender, work butter into the dry mixture until butter is the size of small peas.
- Beat egg into the buttermilk. Incorporate into until the dry ingredients until just combined. Dough will be very wet! Stir in raisins.
- Flour clean work surface well with flour and dump dough into the center. Sprinkle with more flour and work into a circular loaf. Transfer to baking sheet. Score an "X" over top of the loaf using a very sharp knife.
- Bake 35-45 minutes or until browned and thoroughly baked. Cool 10-15 minutes before slicing and serving.
Notes
- Substitute buttermilk by mixing 1 1/2 cups milk with 1 tablespoon vinegar; let sit before use.
- When shaping, flour the work surface generously to handle the wet dough better.
- Score the loaf with an "X" to improve even baking and crust formation.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 12servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 285 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 285kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 48g | 16% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 34mg | 11% |
| Sodium | 382mg | 16% |
| Potassium | 197mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 255IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 54mg | 5% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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