Irish Soda Bread

Name: Irish Soda Bread
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; ⅛ cup white sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 2 cups buttermilk; ¼ cup butter, melted

Conventional bread, containing live yeast, leavens (rises) as the micro-organisms make carbon dioxide gas as a by-product of their metabolism.

65 min · serves 8

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
⅛ cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 cups buttermilk
¼ cup butter, melted

Steps

Preheat oven to 325°F (160°C).
Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
Blend egg and buttermilk together, and add all at once to the flour mixture.
Mix until just moistened. Too much mixing will make it tough.
Stir in butter; pour into prepared pan.
Bake for 65–70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the bread comes out clean. The loaf should sound hollow if you tap the base.
Cool on a wire rack.
Wrap in tea-towel or foil several hours or overnight for best flavor.

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Adapted from “Irish Soda Bread” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.