Irish Soda Bread
 
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A modern twist on the traditional Irish Soda Bread with grapefruit zest, walnuts, and raisins.
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Serves: 1 loaf
Ingredients
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour + ½ cup all-purpose flour + 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour, divided
  • 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold and diced
  • 1½ cups buttermilk
  • 1 egg
  • zest of half a small grapefruit
  • 1 cup raisins
  • ½ cup walnuts, roughly chopped
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375* then line a large sheet pan or a 9-inch pie pan with parchment paper and set aside
  2. In a small bowl, combine the raisins, walnuts, and 1 tablespoon of flour and set aside*
  3. In a large electric mixing bowl, combine on medium speed, 4 cups of flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt
  4. Once combined, with the mixer on low, add in the cold, diced butter until incorporated into the flour mixture
  5. In a very large measuring cup, whisk together the buttermilk, egg and grapefruit zest
  6. With the mixer on low, slowly pour in the buttermilk-egg mixture until fully combined
  7. Remove the bowl from the mixer. At this point the dough will be very wet and sticky, it's okay!
  8. On a flat countertop, distribute ¼ cup of the remaining flour
  9. Turn out the dough on top fo this flour and sprinkle the remaining ¼ cup on top of the dough
  10. Kneading the dough and flour together, adding additional flour if needed, until the dough is no longer sticky
  11. Form the dough into a large round mound and place in on top of the parchment paper
  12. With a sharp knife, cut a large 'X' into the top of the dough
  13. Place the dough in the oven and cook for 50 minutes
  14. If the outer crust begins to brown, place some foil over top for the remainder of the cooking time
  15. Once done, remove the bread from the oven and let cool for at least 30 minutes before serving
  16. The bread should keep for at least a week on the countertop if well covered.
Notes
*Tossing the raisins and walnuts with flour will help them more evenly disperse throughout the bread dough
Recipe by Her Modern Kitchen at https://www.hermodernkitchen.com/irish-soda-bread/