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Sourdough Irish Soda Bread

farmhouseonboone.com · 2024 · 12 servings

Against 123 Irish soda bread recipes

More butter than 86% of recipes and more egg than 78%.

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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 butter than 86% of recipes: 17% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.6%, about 3 times as much.
  • More egg than 78% of recipes: 10% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
  • Buttermilk in the middle half of recipes: 75% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
  • Less salt than 77% of recipes: 1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%.
Buttermilk: 75%, 26th percentileBaking soda: 1.2%, 36th percentileButter: 17%, 87th percentileSugar: 4.9%, 59th percentileEgg: 10%, 79th percentileSalt: 1%, 21st percentileButtermilkBakingsodaButterSugarEggSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour (490 grams)490 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt (5 grams)5 g
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter (84 grams, cold, cut into small pieces )84 g
  • 1 ½ cups buttermilk (366 grams)366 g
  • 1 egg≈ 50 g
  • 2 tablespoons cane sugar (24 grams)24 g
  • ½ cup sourdough starter discard (125 grams)125 g

flour 490 gbatter 1150 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.

  • Buttermilk75% · 26th percentile
  • Baking soda1.2% · 36th percentile
  • Butter17% · 87th percentile
  • Sugar4.9% · 59th percentile
  • Egg10% · 79th percentile
  • Salt1% · 21st percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 400°F
Time
50 to 65 minutes
median 40 minutes

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