Irish Soda Bread

By sybrmom

Ingredients

• Nonstick vegetable oil spray
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 3 cups whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup (packed) brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) chilled margarine or butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
• 2 cups buttermilk

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from foodiewife-kitchen.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 425°F.

Spray heavy baking sheet with nonstick spray. Whisk both flours, sugar, and baking soda in medium bowl to blend.

Add butter and cut in until butter is reduced to pea-size pieces. Add buttermilk; stir until shaggy dough forms.

Turn dough out onto lightly floured work surface.

Knead until dough comes together, about 10 turns. Shape dough into 7-inch round. Place dough on prepared baking sheet. Cut large X, 1/2 inch deep, in top of dough.

Bake bread until deep brown and bottom sounds hollow when firmly tapped, about 40 minutes. Transfer bread to rack and cool completely.

NOTES: I used my food processor to blend the ingredients, then turned it out onto a floured surface to knead. It takes some elbow grease to work the dough, but it does comes together.

Be sure to bake the bread to a dark golden color. The ends might turn out to be baked, but the center can be a little raw in the middle. The first time, this happened to me but I simply returned it to the oven and it was fine.


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Nutritional Information
One slice contains the following:
Calories (kcal) 286.3
%Calories from Fat 14.4
Fat (g) 4.6
Saturated Fat (g) 0.8
Cholesterol (mg) 1.6
Carbohydrates (g) 54.8
Dietary Fiber (g) 4.2
Total Sugars (g) 12.0
Net Carbs (g) 50.6
Protein (g) 8.5