Classic Irish Soda Bread
Classic Irish Soda Bread might be just the bread you are searching for. This recipe serves 8 and costs 30 cents per serving. One portion of this dish contains roughly 9g of protein, 5g of fat, and a total of 311 calories. It will be a hit at your st. patrick day event. 513 people were impressed by this recipe. If you have unsalted butter, salt, cake flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is brought to you by Brown Eyed Baker. This recipe is typical of European cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour. Overall, this recipe earns a solid spoonacular score of 51%. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Confession #56:I’m part Irish and part Crazy…Irish Wheaten Soda Bread, Irish Soda Bread, and Irish you were here: soda bread.
Servings: 8
Preparation duration: 15 minutes
Cooking duration: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
1½ teaspoons baking soda
1½ cups buttermilk
1 cup (4 ounces) cake flour
1½ teaspoons cream of tartar
3 cups (15 ounces) all-purpose flour
1½ teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, plus 1 tablespoon melted butter for crust
Equipment:
oven
whisk
bowl
baking sheet
skewers
Cooking instruction summary:
1. Adjust an oven rack to the upper-middle position and heat the oven to 400°. Whisk the flours, sugar, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt together in a large bowl. Work the softened butter into the dry ingredients with a fork or your fingertips until the texture resembles coarse crumbs.2. Add the buttermilk and stir with a fork just until the dough begins to come together. Turn out onto a flour-coated work surface; knead just until the dough becomes cohesive and bumpy, 12 to 14 turns. (Do not knead until the dough is smooth, or the bread will be tough.)3. Pat the dough into a round about 6 inches in diameter and 2 inches high; place on a greased or parchment-lined baking sheet. Score the dough by cutting a cross shape on the top of the loaf.4. Bake until the loaf is golden brown and a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean, or the internal temperature reaches 180°, 40 to 45 minutes. Remove the loaf from the oven and brush the surface with the melted butter; cool to room temperature, 30 to 40 minutes.
Step by step:
1. Adjust an oven rack to the upper-middle position and heat the oven to 400°.
2. Whisk the flours, sugar, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt together in a large bowl. Work the softened butter into the dry ingredients with a fork or your fingertips until the texture resembles coarse crumbs.
3. Add the buttermilk and stir with a fork just until the dough begins to come together. Turn out onto a flour-coated work surface; knead just until the dough becomes cohesive and bumpy, 12 to 14 turns. (Do not knead until the dough is smooth, or the bread will be tough.)
4. Pat the dough into a round about 6 inches in diameter and 2 inches high; place on a greased or parchment-lined baking sheet. Score the dough by cutting a cross shape on the top of the loaf.
5. Bake until the loaf is golden brown and a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean, or the internal temperature reaches 180°, 40 to 45 minutes.
6. Remove the loaf from the oven and brush the surface with the melted butter; cool to room temperature, 30 to 40 minutes.
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