Irish soda bread

Name: Irish soda bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 4½ cups of all purpose flour; 1/3 of a cup of sugar; a teaspoon of baking soda; one teaspoon of salt; butter; 1¾ cups buttermilk; one egg; zest of one orange.; one cup of dried currants,

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Very Easy

1 h 15 m

Ingredients

4½ cups of all purpose flour
1/3 of a cup of sugar
a teaspoon of baking soda
one teaspoon of salt
butter
1¾ cups buttermilk
one egg
zest of one orange.
one cup of dried currants,

Preparation

Preparation15 min

Cook time1 hour

In a large bowl , combine 4½ cups of all purpose flour, 1/3 of a cup of sugar, a teaspoon of baking soda, one teaspoon of salt, and cut in six tablespoons of cold, diced butter, until it is about the texture of corn meal.
In a measuring cup , mix together 1¾ cups buttermilk, one egg, and the zest of one orange.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry, and mix it until just combined.
Add about one cup of dried currants, and stir to incorporate.
Turn in the dough out onto a floured board, and knead it several times, folding the dough over onto itself to develop flaky layers.
Cut the dough in half and form each half into a round ball, and chill them in the refrigerator for one hour.
Take the chilled dough, and, with a sharp knife, score an “x” into the top of each.
Bake at 375º for a little under and hour, or until a wooden skewer comes out clean when plunged into the center of each loaf.