Recipe for Irish Soda Bread - irish soda bread recipe

Irish Soda Bread



Ingredients

4 cups all-purpose flour or whole wheat flour
1 tspn salt
2 tbsp cold butter
2 eggs
2 tspn baking soda
1 tspn baking powder
2 tbsp granulated sugar
1½ cups raisins
1¾ cups buttermilk
1 tbsp melted butter

  1. In large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Cut in cold butter with pastry blender or two knives until fine. Stir in raisins. In bowl beat eggs, stir in buttermilk and soda. Make well in dry ingredients and add liquids all at once, mixing lightly with fork until blended. Turn dough on to floured surface and knead lightly for 10 seconds. Shape dough into ball and place on buttered baking sheet. Flatten ball into 8 or 9" loaf.
  2. Grease sharp knife with butter and cut ¼" deep cross from edge to edge to mark into quarters.
  3. Brush top with melted butter; bake in preheated 375°F oven 40 to 45 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from baking sheet and cool to lukewarm.

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