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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 loaves 709g Recipe makes 2 loaves)
Calories 1551
Calories from Fat 57		(3%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 6.4g	9%
	Saturated Fat 2.3g	11%
	Monounsaturated Fat 1.1g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 1.6g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 12mg		4%
Sodium 3114mg		129%
Potassium 864mg		24%
Total Carbohydrate 317.1g		105%
	Dietary Fiber 10.2g	40%
	Sugars 19.9g
Protein 48.9g		97%
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Irish Soda Bread

Recipe #487 | 50 min | 10 min prep | add private note

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By: troyh
Aug 28, 1999

2 loaves (change servings and units)

Ingredients

6 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 tablespoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups buttermilk

Directions

1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2
Add all of the dry ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.
3
Add all of buttermilk at once and stir until soft dough forms.
4
It might be a little lumpy, but don't worry about it at this point. Pour contents of bowl out onto the counter and knead for a minute or so until blended.
5
Divide dough into two portions and shape each portion into a round loaf, with lightly flattened tops.
6
Put loaves on large ungreased baking sheet, preferably the nonstick kind.
7
Sprinkle some additional flour on top of each loaf and with a sharp knife, cut a cross in two slashes across the top of each loaf.
8
Let the loaves sit for 10 minutes and bake for 40 minutes, or until golden brown.
9
Makes 2 loaves.

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From: Dr. Paul

On Nov 5, 2009

GREAT stuff. Not a raisen bread, herb bread, or wheat bread. Just a simply delicious pure Irish soda bread. I'm sitting in a Nairobi guest house with minimal ingredients. Had to leave out the cornstarch and soured some milk by adding vinegar. Sprinkled with salt before baking. The bread was excellent. My housemates are raving over a simple meal of bean soup and soda bread. Doesn't get any better than this for a cook.

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From: HomeSkillet

On Mar 25, 2009

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From: -Sylvie-

On Jan 23, 2006

This was so easy to make and I could hardly wait for it to be cool enough to slice! I had it with butter and home-made strawberry & rhubarb jam. Lovely! I used 50/50 plain and stoneground wholemeal flour as I prefer brown soda bread. I guess the wholemeal flour was the reason that I had to use additional buttermilk to bind it all together (about 1/4 cup). I'll defenitely be making this again! UPDATE I have finaly tried the recipe as it is written because I was out of wholemeal flour and just wanted to add, that it's still a great tasting soda bread, that I just can't stop eating!

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From: Chef #570804 Halifax Liz

On May 4, 2008

Sorry,but I have to agree with one of the reviewers that this bread is dry. I have been making Irish soda bread since I was a pre teen (which Ilearned from my mother). If you omit the corntarch and add 4 tbls. of butter I think you will see a differnce. Good luck.

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