Jan's Irish Soda Bread
photo by tiina r.
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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1 large loaf
- Serves:
- 6-8
ingredients
- 2 cups light rye flour or 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 2 cups buttermilk
- oatmeal (large flakes)
directions
- Combine the flours, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and brown sugar in a large bowl.
- Mix the egg with the buttermilk and stir into the dry ingredients just to blend.
- Dust the counter with oatmeal flakes.
- Turn out dough and knead about 10 times to cover with flakes and form a round ball.
- Place on buttered cookie sheet, cut a cross lightly on top of loaf and bake at 375 for 45-50 minutes or until it sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom.
- If you don't want to use rye flour, use whole wheat.
- It works just as well.
Reviews
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Thanks for a great recipe. We enjoyed it so much that I went out and bought more flour and plan to make this recipe instead of using store bought. I also had trouble kneading the dough as it was too sticky. I also added another cup of flour and even though it still seemed to moist I put it in the oven - and it turned out lovely. It's a keeper..
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This bread turned out well in the end with a good tender texture, crusty exterior and lovely flavor. I had some trouble making it though. I tried to dump the bread out to knead it, but it was soooo sticky- almost like a thick batter rather than a dough. I added about a cup more flour, it was still sticky, but I managed to get the outside coated enough with flour and oats to get it in the oven. I baked on my baking stone rather than on a sheet, which worked very well. It turned out great, but next time I will be prepared to up the flour or just use less buttermilk. I decided to check out some other recipes to compare and lot of other soda bread recipes call for larger amounts of flour for the same amounts, proportionally of wet ingredients. I did add 1 tsp caraway seeds, which gives a lovely flavor. I had with Honey Baked Lentils #58598, which was a lovely meal altogether. Thanks for a nice bread!
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