Traditional Irish Soda Bread
Traditional Irish Soda Bread

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, traditional irish soda bread. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Traditional Irish Soda Bread is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Traditional Irish Soda Bread is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

This traditional Irish soda bread bakes up into such a beautiful loaf it's hard to believe it isn't a yeast bread. It's incredibly easy, and there's no waiting I've tried several recipes for Irish soda bread, and this Traditional Irish Soda Bread is by far my favorite. It bakes up into such a beautiful loaf that I can.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have traditional irish soda bread using 8 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Traditional Irish Soda Bread:
  1. Prepare 1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
  2. Get 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
  3. Prepare 1 teaspoon salt (be exact)
  4. Take 1 teaspoon baking soda (be exact)
  5. Make ready 2 Tablespoon butter, cold
  6. Prepare 1 egg
  7. Prepare 1 2/3 cups buttermilk
  8. Take 1 Tablespoon rolled oats for topping loaf

How long does Irish soda bread last? Soda bread dries out quickly so it really is only good for a day or two. It is best eaten freshly baked and warm or toasted. Traditional Irish Soda Bread is a dense and moist bread that requires no rising time and just four simple ingredients to make.

Steps to make Traditional Irish Soda Bread:
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  2. Mix both flours, salt and baking soda in a large bowl. You need plenty of room to mix the dough.
  3. Add butter in small pieces and rub in with fingers until it resembles bread crumbs.
  4. In separate bowl, whisk buttermilk and egg together.
  5. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the buttermilk/egg mixture. The last little bit of buttermilk/egg remaining in the bowl will be used to glaze the bread.
  6. Using an open hand, bring the flour and liquid together into a loose dough. The dough should be quite soft but not too sticky.
  7. Turn onto a floured work surface and gently bring the dough into a round about 1 1/2 inch thick and 8 inches across. Avoid kneading it, just form it.
  8. Place on a baking sheet that is well dusted with flour.
  9. Score with a cross on the top of the loaf. Traditionally this is called blessing the bread. You invoke Gods blessing by saying, "In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Amen" as you score the bread. As well, the four corners are pricked with with a knife to release the fairies. This is to keep it from being cursed.
  10. Glaze the top of the loaf with the leftover buttermilk/egg mixture and sprinkle the rolled oats on the top of the loaf.
  11. Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes and then turn the oven down to 400 degrees and bake for 30 minutes more. When done, the loaf should sound hollow when tapped on the bottom.
  12. Place on wire rack to cool.

This Irish Soda Bread is a delicious recipe that goes back many many years. This makes a fairly dense, rustic (ugly, even) loaf of bread that is tasty and not sweet. It is crusty and rough on the outside, chewy inside. Traditional Irish Soda Bread has a particular look, but do you know what it is? The marking on top is a cross.

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