Hubby wants to make soda bread HELP

Swan_2

MrsE wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
TBH though I've always liked cooking, I'm wary/scared of dough/pastry/sponge. Basically all the stuff made from flour:D

I've only just started trying again:D

O don't make American muffins Do you mean the cakey muffins, rather than English breadlike muffins? But I've never made either:o

Told you, I'm new to flour:o

So do muffins end up like rocks if they are over mixed?

I'm not very good with things like Victoria sponge, they're always leathery & taste too eggy

American muffins are the cakey ones, & once you master the mixing technique (dead simple keep the wet & dry ingredients apart until you're ready to bake, then a minimal mix, even leave it a bit lumpy) the results are spectacular
mine were horrible until I discovered this book ---> Muffins Fast & Fantastic

I made English muffins for the first time last week, mixed the dough in my Panny & baked them on my girdle/griddle, my son & I ate the whole batch, 12

angeltreats

What type of soda bread is it that you want to make?

Forgive me but I'm originally from Northern Ireland and we tend to call soda bread by slightly different names! E.g. soda farl/wheaten bread etc.

If I'm making soda farls (triangular flattish bread) I make it in a frying pan, not in the oven. Here's a recipe. It only uses plain flour.

If it's (what I would call) wheaten bread which uses wholemeal flour and is baked in the oven, you could try this or this. I haven't tried either of those so don't know if the recipes are good or not.

I would love to hear how you got on.

Swan_2

angeltreats wrote: »

What type of soda bread is it that you want to make?

Forgive me but I'm originally from Northern Ireland and we tend to call soda bread by slightly different names! E.g. soda farl/wheaten bread etc.

If I'm making soda farls (triangular flattish bread) I make it in a frying pan, not in the oven. Here's a recipe. It only uses plain flour.

If it's (what I would call) wheaten bread which uses wholemeal flour and is baked in the oven, you could try this or this. I haven't tried either of those so don't know if the recipes are good or not.

I would love to hear how you got on.

I love soda farls, we have them here in Scotland too, but you don't see them in the bakers so often these days now that the small traditional bakers are disappearing

I feel a baking session coming on

zippychick

angeltreats wrote: »

What type of soda bread is it that you want to make?

Forgive me but I'm originally from Northern Ireland and we tend to call soda bread by slightly different names! E.g. soda farl/wheaten bread etc.

If I'm making soda farls (triangular flattish bread) I make it in a frying pan, not in the oven. Here's a recipe. It only uses plain flour.

If it's (what I would call) wheaten bread which uses wholemeal flour and is baked in the oven, you could try this or this. I haven't tried either of those so don't know if the recipes are good or not.

I would love to hear how you got on.

Hello fellow Nornironer :j You said what I was about to!

I bought soda bread flour and mixed with milk to make pizza base after reading about it on here. Its lovely but i have no idea how to make soda.! There's no bloody recipe on the bag.:p

MrsE_2

angeltreats wrote: »

What type of soda bread is it that you want to make?
If it's (what I would call) wheaten bread which uses wholemeal flour and is baked in the oven, you could try this

That one. In the west they usually just refer to it as brown bread or less commonly soda bread (but its all brown soda).

Those farls/earls things remind me of fat potato cakes.

I've never seen them in the west (not saying they don't have them, but I've only seen them in the UK).

zippychick

Ah, wheaten bread! I subliminally must have taken that in, cause i just had some toasted with cheese! Drool! Let us know how you get on MrsE

MrsE_2

zippychick wrote: »

Ah, wheaten bread! I subliminally must have taken that in, cause i just had some toasted with cheese! Drool! Let us know how you get on MrsE

I never toast it:eek:

Always plain (have fried it as a fried slice once or twice:drool::drool::drool:).

Lovely with egg & bacon, with jam or marmalade or just with butter:D

mambury

zippychick wrote: »

Ah, wheaten bread! I subliminally must have taken that in, cause i just had some toasted with cheese! Drool! Let us know how you get on MrsE

mmmmnnnn toasted with butter melting into it......yum!!! off to find a recipe!

MrsE_2

I make fantastic bread with my panny:D
I make great dough in it too, which I've turned into pizza bases & dinner rolls.

But yesterday - for the second time in my life I made soda bread, using this recipe

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/sodabread_82421.shtml

It was heavy & dense (I know soda bread is heavy & dense, but trust me this isn't right).

My first one 15 years ago was like a brick, these two (did 1 brown & 1 white) weren't much better.

Edible when warm, horrible when cold.

What am I doing wrong?
I used the Kenwood (dough hook) to beat it.

ifonlyitwaseasier

ok from my experience with soda bread, my gran and mum always make soda bread by hand, i think using the kenwood is the problem, it doesn't need lots of kneading (no pun intended) just lightly mixed together and a few nudges always seem to work


(i'd put gran's recipe up but i don't know it, she just measured by eye!!)

good luck and if i get some made soon i'll pm you as we are county buddies