Olivia’s Irish Soda Bread
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Why I Love This Recipe
Recipe Backstory: It came all the way from Ireland
Chemistry Information:
A chemical change or a clue that a chemical change has occurred is the smell when the bread is done baking or the color change in the dough. A physical reaction would be shaping the dough or mixing the ingredients together.
Submitted by: "Olivia L"
Ingredients You'll Need
Ingredients:4 cups unbleached flour (Homogeneous Mixture)
1 tsp baking soda (Pure Substance) NaHCO3
1 tsp salt (Pure Substance) NaCl
1 tsp cream of tartar (Homogeneous Mixture)
6 oz, seedless raisins (Heterogeneous Mixture)
¾ cup sugar (Pure Substance) C12H22O11
½ cup melted butter (Heterogeneous Mixture)
1 ¾ cup buttermilk (Homogeneous Mixture)
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Sift dry ingredients into large bowl.
Add butter, raisins, and buttermilk.
Mix to soft warm dough.
Place dough on slightly floured surface.
Knead for 3-4 minutes until it is firm. Shape into 2 loaves.
Moisten surface with buttermilk and dust with flour.
Score top of loaf with x.
Bake for 45 minutes.