# Orange Date Soda Bread with Maple Brown Sugar Butter

An easy and quick soda bread recipe with dates and orange zest, served warm with a maple brown sugar butter.

- Total time: 45 min
- Cuisine: British
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 480 grams flour
- 1.5 tsp baking soda
- 1.25 tsp salt
- 5 tbsp granulated sugar
- 4 tbsp cold unsalted butter
- 1 egg
- 1.66 cup cold buttermilk
- 1.25 cup chopped dates or raisins
- 1 zest of one large orange
- 0.25 cup room temperature butter
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1.5 tsp dark brown sugar
- 0.25 tsp salt
- 0.25 tsp cinnamon

## Instructions

1. Slice a warm loaf of orange date soda bread.
2. Spread maple brown sugar butter on a slice of soda bread.
3. Pour buttermilk into a bowl.
4. Zest an orange into the bowl with the buttermilk.
5. Whisk the orange zest into the buttermilk.
6. In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, salt, and granulated sugar.
7. Grate cold unsalted butter into the dry ingredients.
8. Use your fingers or a fork to work the butter into the flour until it resembles small pebbles.
9. Add the whisked egg and buttermilk mixture to the dry ingredients.
10. Mix with a spatula, then with your hands, to form a dough.
11. Add chopped dates to the dough.
12. Continue mixing to incorporate the dates and orange zest.
13. Shape the dough into a round loaf.
14. Place the loaf on a baking sheet or cast iron skillet.
15. Use a sharp knife to make a cross at the top of the dough.
16. Bake in a preheated oven at 425°F for 30 minutes.
17. While the soda bread bakes, prepare the compound butter by combining room temperature butter, maple syrup, dark brown sugar, salt, and cinnamon in a small bowl with a spatula.
18. Slice the warm bread and serve with the maple brown sugar butter.

## Equipment

- knife
- small bowl
- whisk
- large bowl
- grater
- fork
- spatula
- cast iron skillet or baking sheet

## Tips

- Make two loaves, one for yourself and one to give away as it disappears quickly!

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-10-23

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