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Soda bread loaf and dish of butter with a blue towel

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Soda Bread

Recipe by becky

  • Total Time40 minutes
  • Yield1 7-inch round loaf 1x

A soda bread recipe with whole wheat, honey, and mixed dried fruit. Slice and serve the loaf while still slightly warm, with a pat of butter on top!

Ingredients

Scale

96 grams whole wheat flour (3/4 cup; 3 1/3 ounces)
85 grams all purpose flour (2/3 cup; 3 ounces)
1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
30 grams unsalted butter, cold and cubed (2 tablespoons)
30 grams rolled oats (1/3 cup), plus more for coating the loaf
110 grams mixed dried fruit or black raisins (3/4 cup)
180 milliliters buttermilk, at room temperature (3/4 cup)
40 grams honey (2 tablespoons)


Instructions

Preheat oven to 400° F (205° C).  Line a half sheet rimmed baking tray with parchment.

In a large bowl, whisk all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, kosher salt, and baking soda.

Dry ingredients in a metal bowl

With your fingertips, rub the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs.

Butter rubbed into dry ingredients

Add the rolled oats and dried fruit and toss to combine.

Dried fruit tossed into a bowl of soda bread ingredients

Make a well in the dry ingredients. Pour in the buttermilk and honey.

Pouring buttermilk into a bowl of dry soda bread ingredients

With a bench scraper, mix until just barely combined. Do not overmix. Dough will be sticky.

Mixing soda bread dough with a bench scraper

With your hands, pat dough into a loose, 6-inch round ball. Coat in additional rolled oats.

Ball of soda bread dough coated in oats

Transfer to prepared tray.

Ball of soda bread dough on a parchment lined tray

With a sharp paring knife or bread lame, cut a cross-shaped incision into the top of the loaf.

Soda bread loaf on a tray before baking

With your fingertips, press down gently on each triangle to increase the size of the opening.

Hands patting down a loaf of soda bread

Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until top and bottom turn golden brown and bottom of loaf sounds hollow when tapped. Transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool briefly.

loaf of soda bread cooling on a wire rack

Slice with a serrated knife. Serve warm, accompanied by salted butter or brandy butter.

Sliced loaf of soda bread with pats of butter and a butter knife

Wrap leftover bread in aluminum foil. Store at room temperature for up to 1 day.

 

  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Category: Bread
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: Bread
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