Irish Soda Bread Recipe
Traditional Irish soda bread is made with flour, baking soda, salt, and soured milk. This recipe kicks up the flavor with orange zest and currants for a slightly sweet bread perfect for breakfast or brunch.
Overview
Total time: 50 M 19 S
Servings: 8
Calories: 190
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 3/4 tsp. baking soda
- 3 tbsp. cold butter
- 3/4 cup currants
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
- 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 2 pieces orange zest
- 2 cups white whole wheat flour
Nutritional Information
- Serving Size: 1 piece
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
- Sodium: 340mg
- Carbohydrates: 32g
- Fiber: 4g
- Sugar: 9g
- Protein: 6g
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Grease 9" pie pan and set aside.
- Add buttermilk, butter, sugar, and orange zest to jar and secure lid. Press "Pulse" 6–10 times or until butter is size of coarse crumbs.
- Add baking powder, baking soda, salt, and ½ of flour to jar. Secure lid and pulse 2–3 times.
- Add remaining flour and currants to jar and secure lid. Pulse 4–6 times or until flour and currants are incorporated.
- Transfer dough by tilting jar over pie pan and using spatula; shape dough (dough won't come to edges of pie pan). Use serrated knife to lightly cut an X into top of loaf.
- Bake for 40–50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
How sour should the milk be?
Our recipe doesn’t call for sour milk like a traditional recipe does. All you need is buttermilk.
The batter was almost too thick for my blender. Should I add more milk next time? My blender smelled hot when trying to mix it. Also, 40 min was too long for it in a glass pan. I will cut it slightly next time. I used Craisins instead of currents. It tasted great!
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