Ingredients
1 ¾ cups buttermilk
1 large egg
4 ½ cups all purpose flour
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, finely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Line a Dutch oven with parchment paper and set it aside.
- Whisk egg and buttermilk together in a pitcher and set aside.
- In a bowl, measure out the flour and whisk with the sugar, baking soda, salt and butter together.
- Using your hands, rub the flour with the butter until it starts to resemble a crumbly mixture. Do this for about 3-4 minutes.
- Add in the buttermilk and mix with a wooden spoon until it comes together.
- Dust a service with flour and knead the dough until it all comes together and work the dough into a ball.
- Place the dough in the Dutch oven and score a cross with a sharp knife.
- Bake for 45 minutes, shut off the oven, and let sit for another 10 minutes in the oven before removing.
- Remove from the oven and let cook for 15 minutes before serving with some Irish Butter.
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 45
