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Soda Bread


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  • Author: becky
  • Total Time: 55 minutes
  • Yield: 1 7-inch round loaf 1x

Description

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

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96 grams whole wheat flour (3/4 cup)
85 grams all purpose flour (2/3 cup)
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
30 grams unsalted butter, cold and cubed (2 tablespoons)
40 grams honey (2 tablespoons)
165 milliliters buttermilk, at room temperature (2/3 cup)
145 grams mixed dried fruit (1 cup)
45 grams rolled oats (1/2 cup)


Instructions

Preheat oven to 350° F / 176° C.  Line a large rimmed baking tray with parchment.

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

Dry soda bread ingredients in a bowl

Add the butter to flour bowl, using your hands or a bench scraper to work it into the dry ingredients.

Dry soda bread ingredients in a bowl

Add the honey and the buttermilk, and use a bench scraper to combine.

Soda bread ingredients in a metal bowl

Soda bread dough in a bowl with bench scraper

With your hands or a bench scraper, work the mixed fruit into the dough.

Bench Scraper and mixed dried fruit in a bowl with soda bread dough

Soda bread dough in bowl with mixed dried fruit

Knead in about three quarters of the rolled oats, reserving the rest for coating the loaf.

Oats in a metal bowl with soda bread dough

Soda bread dough in a bowl

Shape dough into a ball and roll in the remaining oats.

A ball of soda bread dough on a marble countertop surrounded by oats

Transfer to prepared tray.

Oat coated ball of bread dough on a sheet of parchment

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

Ball of soda bread dough with an x cut into the top

With your fingertips, press down to increase the size of the opening.

Ball of soda bread dough with an x cut into the top

Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until top and bottom are very deeply golden brown.

Loaf of soda bread on a sheet of parchment

Transfer to wire rack to cool.

Slice with a serrated knife. Serve warm or at room temperature.

 

  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Category: Bread
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: Bread
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