brown butter irish soda bread
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yield
2 loaves
prep time
15 Min
cook time
45 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For brown butter irish soda bread
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1/4 cunsalted butter (i used kerrygold)
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3 1/2 cunbleached white flour (i used mostly white pastry flour and a little bit of whole wheat pastry flour)
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1/2 crolled oats (which were lightly ground in a spice mill on the pulse setting a couple of times)
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1 Tbspsugar (i used demerara)
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1 Tbspfresh rosemary, chopped or 2 teaspoons dried rosemary, crumbled
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2 tspbaking soda
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1 tspsalt
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3/4 tspblack pepper plus more for topping
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1 3/4 cbuttermilk
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1egg (which i skipped)
How To Make brown butter irish soda bread
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1Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375°F. Stir butter in heavy small saucepan over medium heat until melted and golden brown, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat
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2Stir flour, oats, sugar, rosemary, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and 3/4 teaspoon pepper in large bowl to blend. Pour buttermilk and melted browned butter over flour mixture; stir with fork until flour mixture is moistened.
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3Turn dough out onto floured work surface. Knead gently until dough comes together, about 7 turns. Divide in half. Shape each half into ball; flatten each into 6-inch round. Place rounds on ungreased baking sheet, spacing 5 inches apart. Brush tops with beaten egg white. Sprinkle lightly with ground black pepper. Using small sharp knife, cut 1/2-inch-deep X in top of each dough round.
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4Bake breads until deep golden brown and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool breads on rack at least 30 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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