Irish Soda Bread
Traditional Irish Soda Bread.
Course
Bake
Cuisine
Irish
Servings
Prep Time
1
loaf
20
min
Cook Time
40
min
Servings
Prep Time
1
loaf
20
min
Cook Time
40
min
Ingredients
1 3/4
cup
all purpose non bleached flour
1
cup
whole wheat flour
plus some for loaf shaping
40
g
unsalted butter
cold, cut in small cubes
2
tsp
baking soda
1 3/4
tsp
sea salt
2
tbsp
granulated sugar
1/4
cup
wheat bran
1/4
cup
oat bran
1/4
cup
wheat germ
2
tbsp
flax seed
1/3
cup
raw sunflower seeds
1
egg
large
1
cup
buttermilk
Instructions
Position the rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 220°C (425°F).
Butter 23 cm (9”) round baking pan.
In a large bowl, stir together the all-purpose flour and whole wheat flour.
Add the butter and work it into a flour by rubbing between your fingertips until the butter particles are very small.
Stir in the baking soda, salt, sugar, wheat bran, oat bran, wheat germ, flaxseeds, and sunflower seeds.
Beat the egg lightly and combine with buttermilk.
Add the buttermilk solution to the flour mixture and stir with wooden spoon until the dough is formed. The dough will be very wet and sticky.
Dust the counter with whole wheat flour and turn the dough onto it. Dust the dough and shape it into a round loaf.
Transfer the dough to the baking pan. Using a bench scraper make a cross shape indentation on the top of the dough.
Bake the bread for 40-45 minutes or until deeply browned.
Cool it off on a wire cooling rack for about an hour. Serve warm.