Caraway-fennel seed soda bread from How to Bake Everything: Simple Recipes for the Best Baking (page 93) by Mark Bittman

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    Can substitute yogurt for buttermilk.

  • MsMonsoon on January 12, 2026

    This was a half whole wheat, half AP flour recipe, and I used buttermilk. I didn't get the craggy exterior I've seen on other loaves of irish soda bread, but it did rise and split at the cuts. Quite dense, as I think soda bread is supposed to be? I did like this variation of caraway and fennel seeds. It seems like it can go both sweet or savory. I had it toasted with butter and jam.

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