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Traditional Irish Soda Bread Recipe

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Irish Soda Bread
Irish Soda Bread

 

 

 

 

 

 

Traditional  Irish Soda Bread

The most traditional Irish Soda Bread recipe is simply Soft Wheat Flour, a little baking soda ,a little salt, and buttermilk.  Soft wheat has less gluten which made it easier to mill than hard wheat.  In this recipe we used Swans Down Cake Flour, which is soft winter wheat.  However all purpose flour will just fine.  Raisins are an option and are not traditional.

Ingredients for Traditional Irish Soda Bread:

  1. 4 cups soft Wheat Flour
  2. 2 cups buttermilk
  3. 1 teaspoon baking soda
  4. 1 tsp salt

Sift all the dry ingredients into a bowl add the buttermilk and mix until the flour not visible.  If dough very dry add more buttermilk and if too wet add a little more flour.  Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and form into a ball.  Place onto a lightly greased sheet pan or on to a silpat or into a lightly greased cake pan. Cut a cross into the top about an inch and a half deep ( this helps the center bake).  Bake at 425° for about 25 minutes then lower the temperature to  400° and bake for an additional 20 minutes.  The bread will be done when it gives a hollow sound when tapped on the bottom.  If the bread begins to brown too much, cover loosely with foil.  When baked remove to a wire rack to cool.  Can be sliced warm.

Here’s something to help with this recipe:
Swans Down Regular Cake Flour, 32-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 8)
Silicone Baking Mat Set (2 pk.) Non Stick Surface
Saco Cultured Buttermilk Blend, 16-Ounce Canister (Pack of 3)

 

Irish Soda Bread
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Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
45 min
Total Time
1 hr
Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
45 min
Total Time
1 hr
Ingredients
  1. 4 cups soft Wheat Flour
  2. 2 cups buttermilk
  3. 1 teaspoon baking soda
  4. 1 tsp salt
Instructions
  1. Sift all the dry ingredients into a bowl add the buttermilk and mix until the flour not visible. If dough very dry add more buttermilk and if too wet add a little more flour. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and form into a ball. Place onto a lightly greased sheet pan or on to a silpat or into a lightly greased cake pan. Cut a cross into the top about an inch and a half deep ( this helps the center bake). Bake at 425° for about 25 minutes then lower the temperature to 400° and bake for an additional 20 minutes. The bread will be done when it gives a hollow sound when tapped on the bottom. If the bread begins to brown too much, cover loosely with foil. When baked remove to a wire rack to cool. Can be sliced warm.
Notes
  1. Traditional Soda Bread has no extra ingredients, but if you'd like add currents or raisins or nuts or anything else that would go great in a bread- don't worry you WON"T be attacked by Leprechauns if you do!
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Irish Sopda Bread

012  Irish Soda Bread

This truly not a traditional Irish soda Bread recipe, with all the ingredients it’s more like a stollen, but it’s still delicious.

Ingredients for Irish soda Bread

  1. 2 cups flour
  2. 1/4 cup sugar
  3. 1 egg
  4. 2 tsp baking powder
  5. 1/2 tsp baking soda
  6. 1/2 pint sour cream
  7. 4 oz milk
  8. 2/3 cup raisins
  9. 1 tbsp caraway seeds

special items needed for Irish Soda Bread:

  1. Oven proof bowl 6 qt or larger or  large cake pan
  2. 1 tbs shortening

grease oven proof bowl and set aside. Preheat oven to 350°.

In a large mixing bowl combine all the ingredients and pour into greased oven proof bowl.  Bake 45 – 50 minutes.  Take out of the oven and let cool slightly then invert onto a wire rack and let cool completely.
Anchor Hocking 4-Piece Mixing Bowl Set, Clear

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Irish Soda Bread Recipes

 

Irish Soda Bread
Irish Soda Bread

Irish Soda Bread:

Okay before we begin I will admit this not a “traditional” true Irish Soda Bread.  The real deal is just flour, baking soda, salt and buttermilk.  My wife however truly likes the raisins or currants in the bread and so this recipe has them.  To tell when it is cooked properly the bottom when tapped will sound hollow.

Ingredients

  1. 4 cups of flour
  2. 1 tsp baking soda
  3. 1 tsp salt
  4. 2 cups buttermilk
  5. 1 cup raisins or currants

Irish Soda Bread Directions:

Preheat oven to 425°

Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl, add the raisins and stir to spread the raisins through the flour.  Add the buttermilk and stir until the flour just combines ( depending on a number of conditions you may need to add a little more buttermilk, if the dough doesn’t come together, add  the buttermilk a tablespoon at a time) .  Turn dough out onto a very lightly floured surface and lightly knead no more than 15 times ( the more you work the dough the less it will rise ).  Form into a circle about 9 inches in diameter and about 2 inches high.  Place into a round cake pan and cover with another cake pan and bake for about 25 minutes.  Take cake pan lid off and bake for another 20 minutes.  Remove from the oven and let stand in pan for about 10 minutes then remove to wire rack to cool completely.

Serve sliced with softened butter and enjoy your Irish Soda Bread.

Here are few items to help with this recipe:
OvenStuff Non-Stick 9 Inch Round Cake Pan Two Piece Set
Wusthof Classic 8-Inch Bread Knife
Anchor Hocking Irish Coffee Mug, Set of 12

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