Soda Bread Buns With Fennel Seeds And Cranberries

Nigella · nigella.com · Makes: 8 bread buns

Against 123 Irish soda bread recipes

Less buttermilk than 91% of recipes and more butter than 92%.

How it compares

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

Less buttermilk than 91% of recipes: 62% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
More butter than 92% of recipes: 20% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.6%, about 3.5 times as much.
More egg than 95% of recipes: 20% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
More salt than 96% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%, about twice as much.

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

50 grams unsalted butter50 g
150 grams plain flour150 g
100 grams plain wholemeal flour (not bread flour) - plus more for cutting and sprinkling100 g
1 teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 6 g
1½ teaspoons baking powder≈ 7 g
¾ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda≈ 4.5 g
¾ teaspoon ground allspice≈ 2 g
150 millilitres runny plain yoghurt or buttermilk≈ 155 g
1 large egg≈ 50 g
75 grams dried cranberries75 g
2 teaspoons fennel seeds≈ 10 g

flour 250 gbatter 610 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.