How to Make Irish Soda Bread

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There's nothing quite like a thick slab of Irish soda bread slathered with butter—be it St. Patrick's Day or just any old day.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Bread flour
1 tbsp. double-acting baking powder
1 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. baking soda
2 c. buttermilk
Flour sifter
Greased baking sheet
A baking rack
Dried fruit, nuts, or seeds

Step 1: Sift

Sift four cups of bread flour into a large bowl with your baking powder, salt, and baking soda.

Step 2: Add buttermilk

Pour buttermilk into the dry mixture, stirring until dough is formed.

Step 3: Knead dough

Flour a clean, dry surface and knead the dough for one minute.

Tip: You can add any dried fruit, nuts, or seeds to the bread before you knead and bake it.

Step 4: Halve the dough

Cut dough in half with a sharp knife.

Step 5: Shape

With your hands, shape each half into a round ball and place it on a greased baking sheet.

Step 6: Mark it

Make an X into the top of each loaf with a knife, going about half an inch deep.

Step 7: Bake

Bake the bread in the middle rack of a 350-degree oven for 45 to 55 minutes.

Tip: When a knife stuck into the middle of the loaf comes out cleanly, the bread is done.

Step 8: Cool

Put your soda bread on baking racks to cool.

Step 9: Serve

Serve with lots of butter and—what else—a nice cuppa tea.

Step 10: Eat

Eat it up! Irish soda bread gets stale in a few days.

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[BinkieMcFartnuggets]

I wish I had seen this before someone told me to make soda bread for a bake sale. I ended up using way too much Dr. Pepper and a lot of people got really sick.

[Kinetik07]

Note to self: Dr. Pepper is not a doctor.

[palberry]

Irish bread? you forgot to add 200ml (7 fl oz) beer

[YoungNasty101]

that looks fuckin nothing like soda bread fuck me its not that big, thats a fuckin cake your baking!!!

[orbcon]

Just wondering, the narrator says put the mixture on to middle rack of oven, why does the chick in the vid put it on the top shelf?

[deannaestrada]

yum my freinds mom made this i ate 1 whole loaf

[DizturbedChild]

don't knead the bread at all.

[CookieBear137]

Thanks! :) This really helped! Except my dough was a REALLLYYY watery.. I had to add more flour, is that ok?

[CookieBear137]

How much bread flour?!! 

[greenrolaids]

STEP 11.. poop it out.

[Ryanjoe090]

soda bread is fucking amazing