Irish Soda Bread
4 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup butter
2 eggs
1 3/4 cup buttermilk
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
Cut cold butter into dry ingredients, using a fork or a pastry cutter, until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
In a small bowl combine eggs and buttermilk. If you don’t have any buttermilk you can make your own. Fill your liquid measuring cup with milk, remove 1 tbsp of milk and add 1 tbsp of white vinegar. Stir.
Pour buttermilk and eggs into the dry ingredients. Mix with a fork until dough is wet.
Knead dough, on a lightly floured surface. Only knead the bread 8-10 times.
Form a large ball and place the ball on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Use a sharp knife to etch an “X” across the ball of dough.
Bake in 350°F oven for 1 hour. You will know it is done when it is golden brown and when it sounds hollow when you knock on the bottom of the bread.
Simple Irish Soda Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 3/4 cup buttermilk
Instructions
- Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
- Cut cold butter into dry ingredients, using a fork or a pastry cutter, until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
- In a small bowl combine eggs and buttermilk. If you don't have any buttermilk you can make your own. Fill your liquid measuring cup with milk, remove 1 tbsp of milk and add 1 tbsp of white vinegar. Stir.
- Pour buttermilk and eggs into the dry ingredients. Mix with a fork until dough is wet.
- Knead dough, on a lightly floured surface. Only knead the bread 8-10 times.
- Form a large ball and place the ball on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Use a sharp knife to etch an "X" across the ball of dough.
- Bake in 350°F oven for 1 hour. You will know it is done when it is golden brown and when it sounds hollow when you knock on the bottom of the bread.
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Oh my gosh – that bread looks SO good! (Actually, it looks like one of my favourite things – a huge biscuit!) Thanks for posting the recipe – I’m definitely going to try it this weekend.
My mom makes this every year, but she puts currants in it. It is very yummy!