Limerick Soda Bread
King Arthur Baking · kingarthurbaking.com · 40 / one 10" round loaf
Against 123 Irish soda bread recipes
More buttermilk than 98% of recipes and less baking soda than 91%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 123 Irish soda bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More buttermilk than 98% of recipes: 108% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
- Less baking soda than 91% of recipes: 0.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%.
- More sugar than 86% of recipes: 12% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%, about 12 times as much.
- More egg than 86% of recipes: 12% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
Ingredients (9)
- 3 1/2 cups (420g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour420 g
- 1/4 cup (50g) granulated sugar50 g
- 1 teaspoon table salt≈ 6 g
- 4 teaspoons baking powder≈ 18 g
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- 1/4 cup (18g) fennel seeds18 g
- 1 cup (142g) dried currants or golden raisins142 g
- 1 large egg, at room temperature≈ 50 g
- 2 cups (454g) buttermilk, at room temperature454 g
flour 420 gbatter 1161 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.
- Buttermilk108% · 99th percentile · median 84%
- Baking soda0.7% · 7th percentile · median 1.2%
- Butter0% · 19th percentile · median 5.6%
- Sugar12% · 87th percentile · median 1%
- Egg12% · 87th percentile · median 0%
- Salt1.4% · 70th percentile · median 1.2%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 50 minutes
- median 40 minutes
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