Mum's Traditional Irish Soda Bread. Courtesy of Gemma Stafford at Gemma's Bigger Bolder Baking. Ingredients. 1 3/4 cups (265g/ 9oz) whole wheat flour (fine or coarsely ground) 1 3/4 cups (265g/9oz ...

Irish soda bread is the fruitcake of St. Patrick’s Day. Every March 17, the bread inspires rumblings of discontent: it’s too dry, it’s cardboard-y, it’s just plain weird-tasting.

Irish soda bread is not just for St. Patrick's Day! Served it with butter and jam for breakfast or a midday snack. Perfect with a hot cup of tea or Irish Coffee. It goes nicely alongside soups ...

But it turns out that the bread many Americans consider Irish soda bread is really just a distant cousin of the real thing. Skip to main content. WBUR. 90.0 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station.

1 teaspoon baking soda. 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cubed. 1 cup raisins. 1 teaspoon caraway seeds (optional) 1 3/4 cups cold buttermilk. 1 large egg, lightly beaten ...

Irish soda bread is a quick bread, which means it doesn’t require any yeast or kneading to rise. Instead, it relies on baking soda and buttermilk, which interact for leavening.

Here is what baking soda actually does for baked goods, how it reacts with other ingredients, and how it differs from baking ...

Get your flour and rolling pins out because we’re learning how to make Irish Soda Bread! Get your flour and rolling pins out because we’re learning how to make Irish Soda Bread! Skip to content.

When bicarbonate of soda was introduced in Ireland in the early 1800s, it enabled a bread to be baked in an iron pot over a fire, an advantage where ovens were not widely in use.

Traditional soda bread contains flour, baking soda, salt and buttermilk and, sometimes, raisins. Once these ingredients form a dough, it’s shaped into a round loaf and baked.

This St. Patrick’s Day, your friends and family will surely be thanking you for making this delicious Irish soda bread. Aired: 03/08/23 Rating: TV-PG ...