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Sourdough Irish Soda Bread

baking-sense.com · 2021 · 24 servings

Against 123 Irish soda bread recipes

Less baking soda than 94% of recipes and less buttermilk than 88%.

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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 94% of recipes: 0.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%, about half as much.
  • Less buttermilk than 88% of recipes: 69% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
Buttermilk: 69%, 11th percentileBaking soda: 0.6%, 3rd percentileButter: 8.6%, 61st percentileSugar: 5.7%, 63rd percentileEgg: 0%, 28th percentileSalt: 1.2%, 46th percentileButtermilkBakingsodaButterSugarEggSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 17 ½ ounces unbleached all purpose flour (3 ½ cups, see note )496 g
  • 1 ounce granulated sugar (2 tablespoons)28 g
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder≈ 7 g
  • 1 teaspoon table salt≈ 6 g
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
  • 1 ½ ounces unsalted butter (room temperature)43 g
  • 6 ounces raisins (1 cup)170 g
  • 12 ounces buttermilk (1 ½ cups)340 g
  • 8 ounces sourdough discard (1 cup)227 g

flour 496 gbatter 1320 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.

  • Buttermilk69% · 11th percentile
  • Baking soda0.6% · 3rd percentile
  • Butter8.6% · 61st percentile
  • Sugar5.7% · 63rd percentile
  • Egg0% · 28th percentile
  • Salt1.2% · 46th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 400°F
Time
45 to 50 minutes
median 40 minutes

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