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Southern Soda Bread

Source of Recipe


Southern Living, October 2008



List of Ingredients



• 4½ cups all-purpose flour
  
• 2/3 cup sugar
  
• 4½ tsp baking powder
  
• 1½ tsp baking soda
  
• 1½ tsp salt
  
• 3 cups buttermilk
  
• 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
  
• 4½ Tbsp butter, melted
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
   
   
2. Whisk together first five ingredients in a large bowl.
   Make a well in the center of the mixture. Add buttermilk, eggs, and butter, whisking just until thoroughly blended. (Batter should be almost smooth.) Pour batter into two lightly greased 8½- x 4½-inch loaf pans.
   
   
3. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes.
   Rotate pans in oven, and shield with aluminum foil. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on a wire rack 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife along edges of bread to loosen from pans. Remove pans to wire rack, and cool completely, about one hour.
   
   Makes two loaves.
   
   






Final Comments


"Southern Soda Bread is a twist on the Irish classic.
Serve it warm from the oven with a cup of tea, or to accompany a meal. We especially love it toasted and served with jam or honey butter."