Homemade Irish Soda Bread
Experience the authentic taste of this Irish Soda Bread recipe. Bake your own traditional loaf at home with this easy-to-follow guide.
Equipment
- 1 sheet pan
- 1 sheet of parchment paper
- 1 electric hand mixer or Kitchen Aid Mixer
- 1 zester
Ingredients
- 4 cups all purpose flour plus extra for currants
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 ½ tsp kosher salt
- 4 tbsp cold unsalted butter cut into ½ inch cubes
- 1 ¾ cup cold buttermilk shaken
- 1 extra-large egg lightly beaten
- 1 tsp grated orange zest
- 1 cup dried currants
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375℉.
- Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Combine flour, sugar, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Whisk together.
- Add the butter mix on low speed until butter is mixed into flour.
- In a separate bowl, or large measuring cup, lightly beat the buttermilk, egg and orange zest together.
- With mixer on low speed slowly add the buttermilk mixture into the flour mixture.
- Combine the currants with 1 tbsp of flour and mix into dough.
- Dump the dough onto a well floured surface or board and knead a few times until the dough doesn’t stick to your surface any longer.
- Knead it into a rounded loaf.
- Place rounded loaf onto the prepared sheet pan and lightly cut an X into the top of the loaf with a serrated knife.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Cool on the baking rack.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
- Bom appetite! Enjoy your bread!
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