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Irish Soda Bread

The "real" Irish soda bread consists simply of Irish wholemeal flour , baking soda, salt and buttermilk. At the other end of the spectrum is Americanized Irish soda bread, a white, sweet, cake-like confection filled with raisins or currants and caraway seeds. The version we print here is much closer...
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20
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1 hr 5 min
TOTAL TIME
325
CALORIES
$0.50
PER SERVING
Irish Soda Bread
Ingredients
10 INGREDIENTS
9 SERVINGS
Wholemeal Flour
2 1/2 cups wholemeal flour
Salt
3/4 tsp salt
Egg
1 large egg
Butter
4 tbsp butter
cold cut into 8 pieces
Baking Soda
1 tsp baking soda
Unbleached Bread Flour
1 1/4 cups unbleached bread flour
Sugar
3 tbsp sugar
Currants
2/3 cup currants
Buttermilk
1 1/3 cups buttermilk
Butter
2 tbsp butter
melted
Directions
7 STEPS
10 min
PREP TIME
55 min
COOK TIME
1 hr 5 min
TOTAL TIME
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Health Info
Macros
50g
CARBS
10g
FAT
9g
PROTEIN
Allowed on these diets
VEGETARIAN
Contains these allergens
MILK
EGGS
WHEAT
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