Soda Bread Biscuits

Name: Soda Bread Biscuits
Prep time: 22 min
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: European, Irish
Ingredients: 710 milliliters all purpose flour; 59 milliliters to 1/2 cup of sugar (depending on how sweet you want them); 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon Kosher salt; 118 milliliters (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature; 2 teaspoons caraway seeds; 118 milliliters raisins; 296 milliliters buttermilk

Sod If you have caraway seeds, butter, raisins, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as an inexpensive breakfast. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 22 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. Soda Biscuits, Irish Soda Bread : Easy Quick Bread, and Bread Baking: Soda Bread with Dried Cranberries are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

Preheat oven, prepare muffin pan: Preheat oven to 425°F. Butter a standard muffin pan.

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Butter

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Muffin Tray

Oven

Combine dry ingredients: In a large bowl, vigorously whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt.

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Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Whisk

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Cut butter into flour, add mix-ins:

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Cut the butter into tablespoon sized pieces into the bowl of flour. Using your (clean) fingers, work the butter into the flour, schmooshing (technical term) the butter between your fingers and mixing with the flour until the mixture resembles a coarse meal.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

If you are using raisins, caraway seeds, or any other add-ins, mix them into the mixture now.

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Caraway Seeds

Raisins

Add buttermilk and form dough: Make a well in the center of the flour.

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Buttermilk

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Pour the buttermilk into the center of the well. Use a wooden spoon to gently mix the flour into the buttermilk until the flour is moistened with the buttermilk.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

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Then use your hands to form the mixture into a loose, shaggy, slightly sticky ball of dough.

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Dough

The dough should be a little sticky, if it's too dry, add a tablespoon more of buttermilk. If it's just too wet to handle, add a sprinkling more of flour. Do not over-mix!

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Buttermilk

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All Purpose Flour

And at this point work quickly. As soon as the acidic buttermilk interacts with the alkaline baking soda, bubbles will form and leavening will start.

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Baking Soda

Buttermilk

Divide dough among wells of muffin tin: Break off 12-equal portions of the dough and place them in the wells of the muffin tin.

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Dough

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Bake: Put in the oven and bake for 12-13 minutes at 425°F, until the tops are nicely browned.

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Remove from the oven and let cool for a couple minutes in the pan.

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Remove the biscuits from the muffin tin to a rack to cool for a few minutes more.

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Biscuits

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Serve with butter and jam.

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Butter

Jam

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Servings:

710milliliters

all purpose flour 59milliliters

to 1/2 cup of sugar (depending on how sweet you want them)1teaspoon

baking soda 1teaspoon

Kosher salt 118milliliters

(1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature 2teaspoons

caraway seeds 118milliliters

raisins 296milliliters

buttermilk

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Moscato Dasti, Port

Cream Sherry, Moscato d'Asti, and Port are great choices for Soda Bread. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. You could try NV Solera Cream Sherry. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 17 dollars per bottle.