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Irish Soda Bread Recipe

baking-sense.com · 2016 · 24 servings

Against 123 Irish soda bread recipes

Less baking soda than 99% of recipes.

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How it compares

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

  • Less baking soda than 99% of recipes: 0.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%, about half as much.
  • No egg, like 55% of recipes.
Buttermilk: 80%, 37th percentileBaking soda: 0.5%, 0th percentileButter: 7.5%, 58th percentileSugar: 5%, 60th percentileEgg: 0%, 28th percentileSalt: 1.1%, 28th percentileButtermilkBakingsodaButterSugarEggSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 20 ounces unbleached all purpose flour (4 cups, see note)567 g
  • 1 teaspoon table salt≈ 6 g
  • 1 ounce granulated sugar (2 tablespoons)28 g
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder≈ 7 g
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
  • 1 ½ ounces unsalted butter (room temperature)43 g
  • 6 ounces raisins (1 cup)170 g
  • 16 ounces buttermilk (2 cups)454 g

flour 567 gbatter 1278 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.

  • Buttermilk80% · 37th percentile
  • Baking soda0.5% · 0th percentile
  • Butter7.5% · 58th percentile
  • Sugar5% · 60th percentile
  • Egg0% · 28th percentile
  • Salt1.1% · 28th percentile

Oven

Temperature
375°F / 190°C
median 400°F
Time
45 minutes
median 40 minutes

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