Give your St. Patty’s Day a fun twist with this Sourdough Soda Bread recipe! Combine the depth of sourdough with the classic texture of an Irish soda bread! Find the recipe for a sourdough starter here.
Ingredients
4 ¼ cups Our Family® All-Purpose Flour plus additional for dusting
3 tablespoons Our Family® Granulated Sugar
1 ½ teaspoons Our Family® Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Our Family® Kosher Sea Salt
½ cup cold Our Family® Unsalted Butter, cut into ½-inch pieces, plus additional for serving (optional)
Preheat oven to 400°. Stack 2 same-sized rimmed baking pans; line with parchment paper. In large bowl, whisk flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, baking soda and salt; with fingertips, work in butter until small crumbs form.
In medium bowl, whisk egg, buttermilk and starter. Make a well in flour mixture; add egg mixture and stir with wooden spoon until dough just comes together.
On lightly floured work surface, shape into 8-inch round and place on prepared pan. With paring knife, cut “X” in top of dough; sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar. Bake bread 40 minutes or until golden brown, toothpick inserted into center of bread comes out clean and bottom sounds hollow when tapped; cool on wire rack 15 minutes.
Serve bread warm cut into 16 wedges with additional butter, if desired.