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Mrs. O’Callaghan’s Irish Soda Bread
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I found this recipe in Bon Appetit’s March 2010 issue. The ingredients are simple– whole wheat and white flour and soda (of course). I love the richness of buttermilk and the slight sweet taste from brown sugar. If you’re afraid of yeast, this is the bread for you! It’s nutty and slightly sweet. Slather it with butter and jam and Hello Ireland! I show how to make this on my blog, with more photos.
Ingredients
- 3 cups Whole Wheat Flour
- 3 cups All-purpose Flour
- ½ cups Brown Sugar, Packed
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¼ cups Chilled Butter, Cut Into 1/2-inch Cubes
- 2 cups Buttermilk
Preparation
Preheat oven to 425°F.
Spray a heavy baking sheet with nonstick spray. * Whisk both flours, sugar, and baking soda in medium bowl to blend.
Add butter and cut in until butter is reduced to pea-size pieces. Add buttermilk and stir until a shaggy dough forms.
Turn dough out onto lightly floured work surface.
Knead until dough comes together, about 10 turns. Shape dough into a 7-inch round. Place dough on prepared baking sheet. Cut a large X, 1/2 inch deep, on top of the dough.
* NOTE: You can use a pizza stone, as well.
Bake bread until deep brown and bottom sounds hollow when firmly tapped, about 40 minutes. Transfer bread to rack and cool completely.
NOTES: I used my food processor to blend the ingredients, then turned it out onto a floured surface to knead. It takes some elbow grease to work the dough, but it does comes together.
Be sure to bake the bread to a dark golden color. Otherwise, the ends might turn out to be baked, but the center can be a little raw in the middle. The first time, this happened to me but I simply returned it to the oven and it was fine.
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kristimae on 3.24.2010
On the Bon Appetite website they have made a few changes to this recipe and I followed their instructions. It was easy enough to prepare but while baking I did get wrapped up in something else and did not notice it was burning, until it was really burning! The inside was great though, I enjoyed the flavor. My husband however did not think it was sweet enough.
redkate on 3.7.2010
Good stuff! Irish breads can be bland. You can also put raisins in it to make it a little sweeter.
crobbins on 3.1.2010
I just made this last night (and blogged about it, it must be the spirit of the month)!! It was sooooo good, with little ‘burst’ of sweetness throughout. I’ve never tried Soda Bread before, so I don’t know what to compare it too, but I was excited to see someone else had made it, and shared the recipe!