Irish Soda Bread
 
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Quick bread, done in 35 minutes. Change up the taste using raisins, currants for sweetness, or caraway seeds for more of an herby, savory flavor.
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Recipe type: side dish
Cuisine: Irish of course!
Serves: 8-10
Ingredients
  • 4 C flour
  • 1 T sugar
  • 1 t salt
  • 1 t baking soda
  • 4 T butter
  • 1 C raisins or currants (optional 3 T caraway seeds and omit raisins/currants)
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 1¾ C buttermilk (dry version optional)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees
  2. In large bowl whisk together flour, sugar, salt, baking soda.
  3. Cut butter into flour mixture with pastry cutter. Add raisins.
  4. Make well in center of bowl, add buttermilk and slightly beaten egg. Stir
  5. Flour hands and gently knead dough right in the bowl to form a ball. The dough will be sticky
  6. Transfer dough to greased baking sheet, forming a nice round loaf.
  7. Score top of dough with serrated knife so that it looks like a big cross or x on top. This helps the center get thoroughly baked.
  8. After baked, brush with butter if desired. Serve with butter, jam or honey.
Recipe by The Gingham Apron at https://www.theginghamapron.com/happy-st-patricks-day-meal/