Irish Soda Bread

Soda bread made without extra ingredients and tastes just like a giant biscuit!

Prepare: 10

Bake: 45

Servings: 12

Ingredients

2 cups (300g) flour
1 ⅓ cups (320mL) buttermilk
1 cup (150g) whole wheat flour
¼ cup (56g) cold butter
1 large (50g) egg
1 tsp (6g) baking soda
½ tsp (2.5g) salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400F (200C.)
In a large bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt together.
Cut butter into small pieces. With your fingers, rub the butter into the flour until it resembles fine bread crumbs. Make a well in the center.
Whisk the buttermilk and egg together. Pour into the center of the flour mixture and stir until a dough is just formed.
Pat out into a circle about 8" inches (20cm) in diameter. With a sharp knife, cut a t shape on top of the bread about 1/4" (6mm) deep.
If desired, brush top with buttermilk and sprinkle with caraway seeds, oats or nuts.
Place on a floured cookie sheet, parchment paper or use a non-stick surface.
Bake 40 - 45 minutes until golden brown on top. Center of bread should read between 200F (93C) to 212F (100C.)
Cool on wire rack before slicing.

Notes

If you don't have buttermilk, add 1 tbs of lemon juice or vinegar in the bottom of a measuring cup and fill up to the 1 1/3 cup (320mL) with regular milk. Wait 10 minutes before adding to the recipe. The milk will look curdled. This is normal.

You can substitute the baking soda for 1 tbs (12g) baking powder.

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