Description
Saint Patrick’s Day is looming around the corner. Why not bake this delightful Irish soda bread in honor of this holiday.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 c whole wheat flour
- 2 c all-purpose flour
- 1t salt
- 1t baking soda
- ¾c golden or regular raisins (optional)
- 2c buttermilk (you may need more or less)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450F. Stir the dry ingredients together (Allen suggests fluffing with your fingers to give the bread better texture). Make a well in the center and pour in the buttermilk. Stir with a dough whisk or a spoon; it should come together quickly. (Allen suggests using one hand, claw-like, to mix). When the dough is mostly incorporated, turn onto a floured surface (you can work in any dry bits while shaping, and you don’t want to overmix in the bowl). Pat and shape into a disk about 1½ inches tall. Slide onto a baking sheet.
- Cut a deep cross into the dough, then use a fork to prick each of the four sections.
- Bake for 15 minutes at 450F, then reduce to 400F for another 15 minutes. Turn the loaf over and bake another 5-10 minutes (really!). The bread will be done when it is hollow when you thump it. Allow to cool and enjoy.
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins