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Irish Brown Soda Bread Recipe

Patricia Stafford · biggerbolderbaking.com · 2021 · 6 people

Against 123 Irish soda bread recipes

No sugar, unlike 54% 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.

  • No sugar at all, where 54% of recipes use some (most of those 5 to 11% of the flour weight).
  • Buttermilk in the middle half of recipes: 78% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
Buttermilk: 78%, 33rd percentileBaking soda: 1.2%, 36th percentileButter: 5.4%, 48th percentileSugar: 0%, 23rd percentileEgg: 9.6%, 61st percentileSalt: 1.2%, 46th percentileButtermilkBakingsodaButterSugarEggSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 1 ¾ cups (9 oz/260 g) whole wheat flour ((fine ground))260 g
  • 1 ¾ cups (9 oz/260 g) all-purpose flour260 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 2 tablespoons (1 oz/28 g) cold butter, (cubed )28 g
  • 1 large egg, at room temperature≈ 50 g
  • 1 ⅔ cups (13 fl oz/400 ml) buttermilk*≈ 407 g
  • 1 tablespoon rolled oats≈ 5 g

flour 520 gbatter 1022 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.

  • Buttermilk78% · 33rd percentile
  • Baking soda1.2% · 36th percentile
  • Butter5.4% · 48th percentile
  • Sugar0% · 23rd percentile
  • Egg9.6% · 61st percentile
  • Salt1.2% · 46th percentile

Oven

Temperature
425°F / 220°C
median 400°F
Time
15 minutes
median 40 minutes

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