Herbed cheddar soda bread
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PREP TIME
20 min
TOTAL TIME
55 min
Serves
6
Herbed cheddar soda bread recipe Photo, John Cullen.
Ward off the chill with a steaming bowl of soup and fresh-from-the-oven bread. This tempting, hearty recipe is surprisingly easy – and totally satisfying.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 3/4 cups whole-wheat flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup cold unsalted butter , cut into cubes
- 1 1/2 cups lightly packed, coarsely grated cheddar
- 1 3/4 cups buttermilk
Instructions
- Position oven rack in bottom third of oven. Preheat to 400F. Spray 2 8 × 4-in. loaf pans. Stir flours with baking soda, herbs and salt in a large bowl until combined. Using your fingers or a pastry cutter, work butter into flour mixture until coarse crumbs form. Stir in cheese. Pour in buttermilk and stir just until combined.
- Transfer dough to a well-floured surface. Divide dough in half. Shape each portion into a loaf about 7 in. long. Place in prepared pans.
- Bake in bottom third of oven until tops of loaves are deep golden, 35 to 45 min. Remove to a wire rack to cool for 10 min. Run a knife around inside edge of each pan, then turn loaves out onto rack to cool completely. Soda bread keeps well for up to 2 days.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 247,
- Protein
- 10 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 31 g,
- Fat
- 10 g,
- Fibre
- 3 g,
- Sodium
- 417 mg.
