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Soda Bread Recipe

Bettie · bakerbettie.com · 2018 · 8

Against 123 Irish soda bread recipes

More sugar than 90% of recipes and more butter than 80%.

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How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 123 Irish soda bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More sugar than 90% of recipes: 14% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%, about 14 times as much.
  • More butter than 80% of recipes: 16% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.6%, about 3 times as much.
  • Baking soda in the middle half of recipes: 1.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%.
Buttermilk: 89%, 67th percentileBaking soda: 1.7%, 76th percentileButter: 16%, 81st percentileSugar: 14%, 91st percentileEgg: 0%, 28th percentileSalt: 1.1%, 28th percentileButtermilkBakingsodaButterSugarEggSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 360 grams (3 cups) all-purpose flour360 g
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 4 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
  • 50 grams (¼ cup) granulated sugar, optional50 g
  • 56 grams (4 tablespoons, ½ stick) unsalted butter, cold and cut into small pieces56 g
  • 320 grams (1 ⅓ cups, 320 milliliters) buttermilk, cold320 g

flour 360 gbatter 796 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.

  • Buttermilk89% · 67th percentile
  • Baking soda1.7% · 76th percentile
  • Butter16% · 81st percentile
  • Sugar14% · 91st percentile
  • Egg0% · 28th percentile
  • Salt1.1% · 28th percentile

Oven

Temperature
450°F / 230°C
median 400°F
Time
26 to 30 minutes
median 40 minutes

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