Name: Simple Irish Soda Bread Recipe
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 3¼ cups all purpose flour; ½ cup whole wheat flour; ¼ cup rolled oats; 1¼ tsp Baking Soda; 1 tsp baking powder; 1½ tsp salt; ¼ cup cut into small cubes cold unsalted butter; 1¾ cups buttermilk; 1 large egg; 2 tbsp or more to taste honey; 2 tsp grated orange zest; 1 cup dried currants; ⅓ cup golden raisins

How To Make Simple Irish Soda Bread

This amazingly easy Irish soda bread makes a fluffy and tasty pastry with extra flavors from golden raisins, rolled oats, and dried currants.

Preparation: 45 minutes

Cooking: 45 minutes

Total: 1 hour 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

3¼cupsall purpose flour
½cupwhole wheat flour
¼cuprolled oats
1¼tspbaking soda
1tspbaking powder
1½tspsalt
¼cupcold unsalted butter,cut into small cubes
1¾cupsbuttermilk
1large egg
2tbsphoney,or more to taste
2tsporange zest,grated
1cupdried currants
⅓cupgolden raisins

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.
Whisk all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, oats, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Cut butter into flour mixture using a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Beat buttermilk, egg, honey, and orange zest together in a bowl. Pour buttermilk mixture, currants, and raisins into flour mixture; stir with a wooden spoon until a wet, sticky dough comes together.
Turn dough out onto a well-floured work surface; press dough together into a soft ball of dough and cut into 2 pieces.
Form each half into a smooth, round loaf. Transfer to the prepared baking sheet and let rest for 15 minutes. Cut a ½-inch deep “X” into the top of each loaf with a serrated knife.
Bake in the preheated oven for about 45 minutes until golden brown and fragrant. Transfer loaves to a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.
Serve and enjoy.