In the Making: Gluten Free Irish Soda Bread

OK guys, so I am attempting to make gluten free Irish soda bread after going home for a St. Patrick's day party. While I was there I got to work with Mama Ramey to make soda bread for the first time and then eating it. Unfortunately, since it was non gluten free, that plus all of the other food and alcohol from the night I got pretty sick. So now I am on a mission to make this Irish favorite gluten free.

Now I am sure that everyone is thinking "why don't you just look for a gluten free recipe on the internet?" And to that I say HA! Where is the fun in that? So now I am working on making my own recipe for it.

Problems Arose

Outside looks alright
Look at the inside: under-baked and dense
However, the first time making anything is never perfect and there were a LOT of issues with this first attempt. Here is the list of issues I had with the bread: WAAAAY too dense (seriously, like a rock), too dry (started crumbling apart), weird aftertaste (though this may be due to it just being gluten free), and it wasn't cooked all the way through (probably because it was too dense). Also I put raisins in it which I wasn't a super fan of (probably because of the other problems).


The Solutions Present Themselves

There are a few solutions that I can try for the next round of loaf. The first problem to solve would be to fix the density of the loaf, the solution to this I think would be to add more baking soda to the mixture. Second, would be to fix the crumbliness of the loaf, and I this could be fixed by adding xantham gum which helps bread stick together and by adding less flour to the mix. The final issue that would be fixable would be the aftertaste, this I think could be fixed by adding a bit of sugar to the mix and seeing what that does to the loaf. Other than that, being cooked all the way can probably be fixed by cooking it longer and then having the loaf not be so dense.

So that is the first attempt at making Irish Soda bread. Stay tuned for more fun times and I will let you know how that turns out.

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