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Irish Soda Bread Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Nezumiworld / All my dishes 2 years, 1 month ago Quick & easy, this is an enriched soda bread, sweeter tasting than the ordinary soda bread and softer to. Prep:12m Cook:35m Servings:8	Nezumiworld
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Ingredients

1 lb / 500gms/ 4 cup plain flour (all purpose flour)

1 teaspoon salt

1 very heaped teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda (baking soda)

2 tablespoons sugar

1oz / 25 grams/ butter

1 egg

1pt/ 1/2 litre/ 2 cups buttermilk

Some extra egg beaten or milk

Some extra butter

Directions

Sieve all the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl. Add the butter and rub in.

In a cup break the egg and use a fork to beat. Make a well in the centre and add the egg & buttermilk, mix all ingredients the dough should be quite soft (wet and stickily), if its too dry add more buttermilk, too wet add more flour.

Turn onto a lightly floured surface and very gently knead (don't knead like bread its more a light massage for a couple of mintues only)

Shape into a circle and place onto a baking tray

With a knife mark into 4 pieces.

Brush the top of the soda bread with a some beaten egg or milk.

Cook in a moderate oven until golden brown. If you lift the bread and tap-it it should sound hollow, it is cooked.

Using a knife butter the top of the soda bread using a small amount of butter (keeps it soft), wrap the soda bread in a clean tea towel to cool again keep the crust from going to soft it also absorb the steam stopping it from going soggy.

Eat plain, with butter and/ or jam, toast it and add honey.

Variations: I often divide the mixture into two and have one plain and the other I add dried fruits (currents & raisins, cherries, blueberries whatever I have in the cupboard really)

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