Oatmeal Soda Bread

Recipe adapted from Irish Country Cooking by Darina Allen, published by Viking Penguin, 1996

Show: Emeril LiveEpisode: Taste of Ireland

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (9)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
30 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
6 to 8 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: 12 hr 0 min
Cook: 30 min
Total:: 12 hr 50 min

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Ingredients

2 1/2 cups oatmeal
2 cups buttermilk
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
Flour for dusting
1/2 teaspoon butter

Directions

In a mini-food processor, fitted with a metal blade, pulse the oatmeal until the meal is very fine. Remove from the processor and turn into a mixing bowl. Stir the buttermilk into the oats and cover with plastic wrap. Let the oatmeal steep in the buttermilk for 12 hours.

In a mixing bowl, sift the other ingredients together. Stir in the steeped oatmeal and mix well. If the mixture is too wet add a little more flour.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch round cake pan with the butter.

Lightly dust the work surface with some flour. Turn the dough out onto the surface and knead the dough a couple of times to form a soft ball like shape. Press the dough into a round about 2 inches thick. Using a sharp knife, make a criss-cross cut into the bread. Place the bread in the prepared pan. Bake until golden brown, about 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack. Serve the bread warm with butter.

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recipe Oatmeal Soda Bread
Deb Ithaca, NY 03-18-2009
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Recipe needs a little adjusting
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I've made this a few times and found that it needed a little less flour (I used two cups). Otherwise I followed the... directions and was happy with the result. There are at least three types of soda bread that I've had in Ireland (white, fruit and oat). I think this recipe is a good version of the oat which is certainly a denser, more rustic bread.Read more
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Anonymous 03-19-2008
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Inedible oatmeal soda bread
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

The product of this recipe was sodden, tasteless, and unusable. The amount of home-made oatmeal flour may be the problem,... but in any case, the bread was tasteless, and nothing like anything I ever ate in Ireland.Read more
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Anonymous 03-18-2007
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Loved it, but was told it needed more liquid
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I had this on St. Patrick's day at my cousin's. It is WONDERFUL. She did not soak the oatmeal first and also told me it... needed a little more liquid, so be prepared to perhaps mess with this recipe a bit.Read more
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Anonymous 02-15-2007
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Not good at all
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I love to make bread. But I don't like this bread at all. Threw out the whole bread. What a waste of my time!
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LISA acworth, GA 02-07-2007
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got rave reviews
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Easy and went over so well with my company for St. Paddy's! 4 star because it was my first time and I would have liked it a... bit nicer formed - my fault not the recipeRead more
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Michele Palm Desert, CA 03-16-2006
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Adjust baking time
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This soda bread is a great variation -- but you will get a lump of uncooked oats if you follow these directions. Oatmeal... soda bread takes much longer to cook than the traditional variety. First, make sure that you flatten the bread to 1-1/2 to 2 inches, or it will never cook in the center. You do not need to bother with the pan, just gently pat it flat on a floured board, roll it in the flour, cut your X and four points (to let the fairies out), then bake it on directly on a stone or a cookie sheet. You might sprinkle whole oats on the baking surface and/or the top of the loaf Bake 450 for 20 minutes, then reduce the temp to 400 and bake at least 30 minutes more, possibly over an hour more -- bake it until is sounds hollow. If you do use a baking pan, you may need to turn it out of the pan and return it to the oven upside down to get it to thoroughly cook. The bread is worth it!Read more