4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1¾ cups buttermilk
1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into a large mixing bowl. Gradually add the buttermilk, stirring gently, and binding the dry ingredients together with the buttermilk to form a large round of dough. Place the dough on a lightly greased baking sheet, and make a cross about 1 inch deep on top of the dough.
2. Cover the soda bread dough with something like a large cake pan and bake for about 30 minutes. Remove the cake pan to brown the bread, and bake for 10 more minutes. The bread, when fully baked, will have a hollow sound when tapped on the bottom.
MAKES 6 SERVINGS