Irish Soda Bread
Servings:*
1 loafIngredients
- 2 cups Flour
- 2 tablespoons Sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 3 tablespoons Butter
- 1 cup buttermilk
Still baked in countless Irish farm and city homes.
Directions
- Combine dry ingredients in mixing bowl; cut in butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add buttermilk; mix quickly and only until dough leaves edge of bowl. Scoop dough, with rubber scraper, into greased 9-inch round pan. With floured knife, cut across top of dough, then cut again at right angle. Bake in preheated 375 F oven until golden brown and loaf sounds hollow when tapped (35-40 minutes). Cool on rack; serve slightly warm or cool.
- To Cut: Break bread at quarter lines; slice each quarter.
Chef’s tip
Irish Oat Bread: Substitute 1 cup steel-cut oats for 1/2 cup flour.
* Recipes created for given quantity. Changes to quantities are for planning purposes only and have not been tested.