The wonderful thing about Irish soda bread is that there are so many different recipes to choose from.
Personally, I don't like recipes that call for raisins or nuts, soda bread is supposed to be simple. leighton's recipe is a fairly typical white flour recipe, so here are a couple of my favorites, one using wheat flour and the other containing oats.
Irish Whole-Wheat Soda Bread
Combine and mix dry ingredients. Add buttermilk and mix. Knead for two to three minutes. Form into a round loaf and place in a buttered 8 inch cake pan. Traditionally a cross should be cut on top of the loaf at this point. Bake in a oven preheated to 375o
F for 35 to 40 minutes.
Another Irish Soda Bread Recipe
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup oatmeal soaked for 10 minutes in some of the milk (do not use instant oatmeal!)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
Combine and mix flour, salt and baking powder. Add milk and milk-soaked oats and mix. Knead two to three minutes. Form into round loaf and place in buttered cake pan or on a buttered cookie sheet. Cut a cross on top if you like. Bake at 375o
F for one hour.