Classic Irish Soda Bread

Name: Classic Irish Soda Bread
Yield: Yields 1 loaf
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 3 cups (15 ounces/425 grams) bleached, all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface; 1 cup (4 ounces/113 grams), cake flour; 2 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons, baking soda; 1 1/2 teaspoons, cream of tartar; 1 1/2 teaspoons, table salt; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter (2 tablespoons softened + 1 tablespoon melted); 1 1/2 cups, buttermilk

Desserts or Baked Goods
Irish
Breads

Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 1997

For bread with a moist, flavorful crumb and a crisp, tender crust, use both cake flour and all-purpose flour and go light on the buttermilk.

SERVES Yields 1 loaf

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 30 minutes cooling

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