Irish Soda Bread

Recipe courtesy Food Network Kitchens

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (16)

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COMMENTS & REVIEWS(16)

Cook Time:
45 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
1 loaf

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 45 min
Total:: 1 hr 5 min

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Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
2 tablespoons cold vegetable shortening
1 egg, beaten
1 cup buttermilk

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and mix well. Cut the butter and shortening into small pieces and add to the flour mixture. Using your fingers, work the cold butter and shortening into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Add the egg and the buttermilk and mix into the flour mixture until it is incorporated. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead gently until the dough forms a smooth ball. Place loaf on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Place the loaf in the oven and bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until golden brown.

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Sara Olympia, WA 03-19-2009
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Gloppy Mess!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I picked this recipe because it had an average of 4 stars. But like another of the reviewers, I checked and re-checked the... ingredient list when I turned the soupy mess onto the bread baord. I had measured everything correctly, but somehow the loaf I was to knead was so gloppy, it did nothing (even with the addition of flour) but stick to my fingers. What a waste of time; I had to chuck the whole thing and start over!Read more
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Teresa Walnut Creek, CA 03-17-2009
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Yummy!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This bread was so good. It is true that the batter looked a bit runny at first, but when my daughter started kneading it a... bit on a very well floured surface, it took shape quickly. The one "modification" I made is that I left out 1 teaspoon of baking soda... ooops it was an accident, but it certainly did not affect the taste or texture in a negative way. We would happily make this bread again. My kids Sydney 9 and Aly 11, and their friend Linda 9, said it was the best part of our St. Patrick's Day dinner.Read more
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peter lake hiawatha, NJ 02-20-2009
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Irish Soda Bread
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I gave this recipe - which looks perfectly fine - two stars because it's not for REAL soda bread. Authentic Irish Soda... Bread contains only flour (preferably soft flour, because Irish wheat is soft wheat), salt, baking soda, and sour milk or buttermilk. No butter, no shortening, no fruit, no sugar, no eggs. Adding those things makes it into a "tea-cake". Good, but not the "real deal". Brown Bread is the same thing as Soda Bread, but is made with "whole-meal" flour, which is coarser than our US "whole-wheat" flour. Fortunately, Odlum's Irish whole-meal flour is available in the US, although in limited distribution; it's expensive, costing $5 to $6 for a two-kilo bag, but it's worth every cent. Since it has the whole germ, you have to either use it up quickly, or freeze it, to keep it fresh.Read more
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Ellen Chandler, AZ 01-28-2009
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Tradional Soda Bread is aka Brown Bread
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

Traditional soda bread does not have a "cake-like" texture. It should be moist and chew like bread and have a slight hint of... soda. It should also be baked long enough so that the center is done. The best way to check is to tap it on the bottom - it will have a hollow sound when baked completely. Also, tradional Irish Soda Breads have no raisins, etc... It's a plain bread that is made mostly with whole wheat flour, a little sugar, baking soda, salt and buttermilk.. It can contain a small amount of white flour, but wheat flour is the main ingredient. Looking thru the food network recipes I don't see a "true" Irish Soda bread. I have a recipe that hails from an Irish B & B (1970). I usually enter my bread in baking contests at local Irish Dance Competitions. In fact, I won again for my Brown Bread last week. The judge hails from Ireland and she stated that my Brown Bread was a truly tradional Soda bread. Soda bread must have a DEEP cross cut into the dough which is intended to broken apart at the dinner meal... It's too bad a Food Network can't find a tradional soda bread (brown bread) like what I have ... Read more
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Anonymous 07-06-2008
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Decent
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

This is a decent recipe, although the bread did come out crumbly and a little too dry. The only way I would try making it... again is with some modifications.Read more
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Nancy Wantage, NJ 03-18-2008
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blah bread
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

This bread was an easy recipe but the flavor was lacking. Very blah!