Irish Soda Bread

Name: Irish Soda Bread
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 225 g Wholemeal wheat flour; 225 g Wheat flour (Type 550); 1 TEASPOON Salt; 1 TABLESPOON Sugar; 2 sachets (each 5 g/=1 teaspoon) Baking soda; 60 g Butter; 300 ml + 1-3 tablespoons buttermilk; 7-10 Tbsp Flour; baking paper

AUTHOR
Reed Chan

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
50 mins

TOTAL TIME
50 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 16

225 g Wholemeal wheat flour
225 g Wheat flour (Type 550)
1 TEASPOON Salt
1 TABLESPOON Sugar
2 sachets (each 5 g/=1 teaspoon) Baking soda
60 g Butter
300 ml + 1-3 tablespoons buttermilk
7-10 Tbsp Flour
baking paper

Directions

1
Sift the wholemeal flour, put half of the bran aside in the sieve and put the rest back into the flour. Mix wholemeal flour, wheat flour, salt, sugar and baking soda. Add butter and knead crumbly with the flour with your finger. Add 300 ml buttermilk and knead everything into a smooth dough. If the dough is too dry, add some more buttermilk
2
Form the dough into a round loaf and place it on a baking tray lined with baking paper (approx. 32 x 39 cm). Cut the bread with a floured knife crosswise 1-2 cm deep. Then press a floured stirring spoon handle into the incisions. Brush the bread with water and sprinkle with the sieved bran
3
Bake in the preheated oven, 2nd shelf from below (electric oven: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for 30-40 minutes