Shamrock Soda Bread

Marian Cooper Cairns · countryliving.com · 2015 · 6 serving(s)

Against 123 Irish soda bread recipes

More butter than 98% of recipes and more sugar than 91%.

How it compares

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

More butter than 98% of recipes: 23% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.6%, about 4 times as much.
More sugar than 91% of recipes: 15% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%, about 14.5 times as much.
More egg than 87% of recipes: 13% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
Buttermilk above the middle half: 96% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%, more than 74% of recipes use.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

3 c. all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for work surface≈ 375 g
1/4 c. packed light brown sugar≈ 55 g
2 tsp. baking powder≈ 9 g
1 tsp. kosher salt≈ 4 g
3/4 tsp. baking soda≈ 4.5 g
6 tbsp. cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces, plus more, softened, for serving≈ 85 g
1/2 c. golden raisins≈ 75 g
1/2 c. currants≈ 119 g
2 tsp. caraway seeds≈ 10 g
1 c. buttermilk≈ 244 g
1/2 c. sour cream≈ 115 g
1 large Egg≈ 50 g

flour 375 gbatter 1145 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 123 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: buttermilk, baking soda, butter, sugar, egg, salt.