Oatmeal-Walnut Soda Bread

Name: Oatmeal-Walnut Soda Bread
Yield: Yields 1 loaf
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups, rolled oats, divided; 1 3/4 cups, buttermilk; 2 cups, bleached all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface; 1/2 cup, cake flour; 1/2 cup, stone-ground whole wheat flour; 1/4 cup, brown sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons, baking soda; 1 1/2 teaspoons, cream of tartar; 1 1/2 teaspoons, table salt; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1 tablespoon, unsalted butter, melted; 1 cup, walnuts, toasted in a pan over medium heat, stirring, until just fragrant, 4 to 5 minutes

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 1997

Desserts or Baked Goods

Irish

Breads

SERVESYields 1 loaf

TIME1½ hours, plus 1 hour soaking and 30 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

When developing our Irish soda bread recipe, our first tests focused on flour. A loaf made with all-purpose flour produced a doughy, heavy bread with a thick crust. To soften the crumb, we added some cake flour to the mix, and this made a d...

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