Brown soda bread
Description
The original recipe for Irish soda bread uses only four ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt, and buttermilk or sour milk. Soda bread is best when it is still almost warm.
Ingredients
4 Cup wholemeal flour 4 Cup white flour 2 Teaspoon salt 2 Teaspoon baking soda 3 1⁄2 Cup buttermilk
Instructions
- Mix together all the dry ingredients.
- Create a well into he center and pour in half of the buttermilk. Mix carefully and slowly add just enough buttermilk to make a soft dough. You may not need to use all of the buttermilk.
- Turn dough out on a floured surface. Do not knead or handle dough too much, this could cause the bread to toughen. Seperate the dough into 2 loaves and quickley shape into 2 circles.
- Place the loaves into a greased 7 inch pie pan and cut a deep cross onto the top with a knife.
- Bake at 450° F (230 ° C) for 15 minutes, then reduce to 400° F (200 ° C) and bake for an additional 25 minutes. The bread will be a light brown. Turn out onto a rack to cool. Slice as soon as it has cooled.
Notes
Ingredients, metric
1 lb
wholemeal flour
1 lb
white flour
2 tsp
salt
2 tsp
baking soda
900 ml
buttermilk
Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.
Amount Per Serving
Calories
94.75
Calories From Fat (5%)
4.71
% Daily Value
Total Fat 0.54g
1%
Saturated Fat 0.18g
1%
Cholesterol 0.86mg
0%
Sodium 202.56mg
8%
Potassium 94.37mg
3%
Carbohydrates 19.27g
6%
Dietary Fiber 1.80g
7%
Sugar 1.11g
Sugar Alcohols 0.00g
Net Carbohydrates 17.47g
Protein 3.64g
7%
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Description
The original recipe for Irish soda bread uses only four ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt, and buttermilk or sour milk. Soda bread is best when it is still almost warm.
Ingredients
| 4 | Cup | wholemeal flour |
| 4 | Cup | white flour |
| 2 | Teaspoon | salt |
| 2 | Teaspoon | baking soda |
| 3 1⁄2 | Cup | buttermilk |
Instructions
- Mix together all the dry ingredients.
- Create a well into he center and pour in half of the buttermilk. Mix carefully and slowly add just enough buttermilk to make a soft dough. You may not need to use all of the buttermilk.
- Turn dough out on a floured surface. Do not knead or handle dough too much, this could cause the bread to toughen. Seperate the dough into 2 loaves and quickley shape into 2 circles.
- Place the loaves into a greased 7 inch pie pan and cut a deep cross onto the top with a knife.
- Bake at 450° F (230 ° C) for 15 minutes, then reduce to 400° F (200 ° C) and bake for an additional 25 minutes. The bread will be a light brown. Turn out onto a rack to cool. Slice as soon as it has cooled.
Notes
Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet. Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients. |
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The Irish soda bread rises due to a chemical reaction between the baking soda and the buttermilk or sour milk. Because there is no yeast, the bread does not last long, it is best to eat it as soon as it has cool down. Don't worry, soda bread makes a decent toast.
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