Every year on March 17 for St. Patrick’s Day, an Irish need!
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 35 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
| Yield: | 1 loaf |
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 3 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 ½ cups buttermilk, or as needed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet or an 8- or 9-inch cake pan with cooking spray.
- Sift whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder together until well combined. Add enough buttermilk to make a soft dough that’s firm enough to hold its shape.
- Knead on a lightly floured surface until dough is smooth and velvety, 2 to 3 minutes. It will seem very crumbly for a while until everything gets incorporated.
- Form into a round loaf and place on the prepared cookie sheet. Cut a cross on the top of the loaf with a very sharp, floured knife. (The cross is a characteristic of soda bread.)
- Bake in the preheated oven until loaf is browned and sounds hollow when you tap on it, 35 to 40 minutes. Remove to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 182 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 38 g |
| Cholesterol | 2 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Protein | 7 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0 g |
| Sodium | 901 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 1 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |