Irish Soda Bread on The Grill
Ray Sheehan · amazingribs.com · 2026 · 8
Against 123 Irish soda bread recipes
More butter than 83% of recipes and more sugar than 76%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 123 Irish soda bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More butter than 83% of recipes: 17% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.6%, about 3 times as much.
- More sugar than 76% of recipes: 10% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%, about 10 times as much.
Ingredients (8)
- 4 cups all-purpose flour (plus some for dusting)≈ 500 g
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar≈ 50 g
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 6 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- 6 tablespoons cold salted butter (cut in small pieces)≈ 85 g
- 1 3/4 cups cold buttermilk≈ 427 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- 1 cup raisins or dried cranberries (optional)≈ 150 g
flour 500 gbatter 1274 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 123 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Buttermilk85% · 57th percentile · median 84%
- Baking soda1.2% · 36th percentile · median 1.2%
- Butter17% · 85th percentile · median 5.6%
- Sugar10% · 80th percentile · median 1%
- Egg10% · 72nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt1.2% · 46th percentile · median 1.2%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 45 to 55 minutes
- median 40 minutes
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