Why This Irish Soda Bread Is the Real Deal Many Irish Americans are familiar with the sweet version of Irish soda bread, made with a spoonful of sugar, currants or raisins, and sometimes an egg or ...

Stir together the flour, soda, salt in a large bowl. Cut in the shortening/butter with a pastry blender until it looks like coarse meal. Add all of the wholemeal flour, stir, then add the ...

STEP 1 Grab a grown-up to preheat the oven to 200C and prepare a baking sheet by dusting it with flour. STEP 2 Mix the flour, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl. Make a well in the ...

Cool on a wire rack. If you don't have buttermilk for the soda bread recipe, you can use half-and-half plain yoghurt mixed with milk. You can also use milk that has been soured by stirring in a ...

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which gives the bread great flavor and also works with baking soda and baking powder to make the bread rise. And although I've been told by Irish readers that real brown bread is never made with sugar ...