Irish Soda Bread

Irish Soda Bread

Serves 4 to 6
Graham flour is coarser than regular whole-wheat flour, which also works. If you use the latter, substitute one-half cup wheat bran for one-half cup all-purpose flour.

Ingredients
3cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1cup whole-wheat graham flour
2 1/2teaspoons coarse salt
1teaspoon baking soda
1teaspoon baking powder
4tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1 2/3cups buttermilk

Directions
1.Preheat oven to 350°. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside. Whisk together the flours, salt, baking soda, and baking powder in a large bowl. With a pastry blender or your fingertips, blend in butter until it resembles small peas. Add buttermilk all at once; stir with a fork until mixture holds together.
2.In the bowl, pat the dough into a domeshaped loaf about 7 inches in diameter. Lift out dough; transfer to lined sheet.
3.Lightly dust top of loaf with flour. Cut a 3/4-inch-deep cross in top, reaching almost all the way to edges. Bake, rotating sheet halfway through, until deep golden brown and a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack.