Irish Soda Bread
A loaf of bread takes too long to make — and isn't it fattening, too? So why bother? Irish soda bread says phooey to both these ideas. With baking soda instead of yeast, you can bake a loaf in less than an hour. With buttermilk and whole wheat flour, this dense, moist bread fits very nicely into a healthy diet. Here's a master recipe with two variations — one with honey and fruit and one with cheese and onion.
Servings: 1 loaf (8 servings)
Ingredients:
| Nutritional Info | |
| Per serving: about | - |
| cal | 271 |
| pro | 7 g |
| total fat | 9 g |
| sat. fat | 1 g |
| carb | 42 g |
| fibre | 3 g |
| chol | 2 mg |
| sodium | 484 mg |
| % RDI: | - |
| calcium | 6% |
| iron | 16% |
| folate | 9% |
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2 cups ( 500 mL) all-purpose flour
1 cup (250 mL) whole wheat flour
2 tbsp (25 mL) flax or sesame seeds
2 tbsp ( 25 mL) granulated sugar
1 tsp (5 mL) each baking soda and salt
1-1/2 cups (375 mL) buttermilk
1/4 cup (50 mL) vegetable oil
Topping:
1 tbsp (15 mL) all-purpose flour
Preparation:
In large bowl, whisk together all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, flax seeds, sugar, baking soda and salt.
In small bowl, whisk together buttermilk and oil. Add to dry ingredients all at once; stir with fork until soft dough forms.
On lightly floured surface and with floured hands, press dough into ball; knead lightly 10 times. Place on greased baking sheet; gently pat out dough into 6-inch (15 cm) circle.
Topping: Sprinkle flour over loaf.
With sharp knife, score large X on top of loaf.
Bake in centre of 375ºF (190ºC) oven for about 45 minutes or until golden and tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
Additional Information
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Variations:
Honey Apricot Soda Bread: Omit sugar and flax seeds. Increase all-purpose flour to 2-1/4 cups (550 mL). Add 1/2 cup (125 mL) each chopped dried apricots and raisins to dry ingredients. Add 1/3 cup (75 mL) liquid honey to liquid ingredients.Topping: Omit flour. After baking, let soda bread stand on rack for 15 minutes. Mix together 1/2 cup (125 mL) icing sugar and 2 tbsp (25 mL) orange juice; drizzle over loaf.
Cheese and Onion Soda Bread: Omit flax seeds and topping. Add 1 cup (250 mL) shredded old Cheddar cheese, 1/4 cup (50 mL) chopped green onion and pinch cayenne pepper to the dry ingredients.
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