Apple Cider Soda Bread Recipes

NANA DOT'S IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
• Stir together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a large bowl until evenly blended. Cut in the butter using a pastry blender or your hands until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Stir in the raisins, currants, and caraway seeds, then make a well in the center and pour in the milk and vinegar. Stir with a spoon until the dry ingredients are moistened.
• Turn the dough out onto a well floured work surface, and knead gently 8 to 10 times. Divide the dough into two balls, and place onto the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C), and bake until the top of the bread is golden brown, about 15 minutes more.

FOOLPROOF IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment. Mix milk and vinegar in a small bowl, and let stand until thickened, about 5 minutes.
• Whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a large bowl. Cut in unsalted butter with a pastry cutter or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add bran, caraway seeds, and raisins; stir to distribute.
• Pour milk mixture into flour mixture; stir until dough just holds together but is still sticky. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface. Pat and press the dough gently into a round, dome-shaped loaf, about 7 inches in diameter. Transfer to prepared sheet.
• Lightly dust top of loaf with flour. With a sharp knife, cut an X into the top, 3/4 inch deep. Bake, rotating halfway through, until loaf is golden brown and a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour, 10 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack. Soda bread is best eaten the day it is made; serve with salted butter.

APPLE CIDER QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first nine ingredients. In a small bowl, combine the eggs, egg white, cider, yogurt, oil and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in the apple, raisins and orange zest. , Transfer to a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

APPLE CIDER SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar a total of 3 times.
• Add wet ingredients.
• Mix by hand until thoroughly blended.
• Pour into greased baking pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes.

IRISH APPLESAUCE SODA BREAD

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
• In small bowl, combine buttermilk, applesauce and butter.
• Add applesauce mixture to flour mixture; stir until dough forms a ball.
• Turn out onto floured surface and knead raisins into dough.
• Pat dough into 7-inch round and place in sprayed 8-inch round baking pan; cut ¼-inch deep cross into top of dough and brush with milk.
• Bake 35 minutes at 375 degrees, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan 10 minutes, invert onto wire rack, turn right side up, and cool completely.

APPLE CIDER OATMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray a loaf pan with nonstick spray.
• Combine self-rising flour, sparkling cider, oat flour, sugar, cinnamon, and baking powder in a large bowl; mix well. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan. Mix sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and sprinkle over the top.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Bake the loaf in the preheated oven for 35 minutes.
• Remove the loaf and pour melted butter on top. Continue baking for 20 minutes. Cool before slicing.