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Irish Soda Bread

preppykitchen.com · 2018 · 12 servings

Against 123 Irish soda bread recipes

More baking soda than 84% of recipes and more sugar than 84%.

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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 baking soda than 84% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%.
  • More sugar than 84% of recipes: 10% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%, about 10.5 times as much.
  • More salt than 86% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%.
  • More egg than 79% of recipes: 10% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
Buttermilk: 85%, 53rd percentileBaking soda: 1.9%, 86th percentileButter: 12%, 74th percentileSugar: 10%, 85th percentileEgg: 10%, 80th percentileSalt: 1.9%, 88th percentileButtermilkBakingsodaButterSugarEggSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 1⅔ cup buttermilk (cold)≈ 407 g
  • 1 egg≈ 50 g
  • 4 cups flour ((480g))480 g
  • 4 tablespoons granulated sugar≈ 50 g
  • 1½ teaspoon baking soda ((9g))9 g
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt ((9g))9 g
  • 4 tablespoons butter (cold, diced (57g))57 g
  • 1 cup raisins optional or currants≈ 150 g

flour 480 gbatter 1212 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.

  • Buttermilk85% · 53rd percentile
  • Baking soda1.9% · 86th percentile
  • Butter12% · 74th percentile
  • Sugar10% · 85th percentile
  • Egg10% · 80th percentile
  • Salt1.9% · 88th percentile

Oven

Temperature
425°F / 220°C
median 400°F
Time
25 to 30 minutes
median 40 minutes

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