Traditional Irish Soda Bread
Traditional Irish Soda Bread is a delicious dense, unleavened bread made with flour, buttermilk, salt, sugar and baking soda. Scrumptious served warm right out of the oven with butter and your favorite jam or honey!
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cake flour
- 3 Tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter cold, cut into pieces
- 1 3/4 cup plus 2 Tablespoons buttermilk
- 1 Tablespoon melted butter
Instructions
- Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat over to 400 degrees.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cake flour, sugar, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt. Cut in 2 Tablespoons of cold butter cut into chunks and add to flour mixture. Using a pastry blender, or your clean hands, work the butter into the dry ingredients until it is completely incorporated creating a super fine crumb.
- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Add buttermilk. Using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, mix the ingredients together by stirring from the center outward until a dough forms.
- Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and pat together to form a 6 inch round. Place dough onto parchment lined cast iron skillet or baking sheet. Using a sharp knife cut a small "x" into the top of the bread dough.
- Bake for 35-45 minutes or until center is no longer doughy and the top is golden brown. Remove from oven and brush with 1 Tablespoon of melted butter. Slice and serve.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 150kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 4gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 349mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3g
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