Irish Soda Bread
From fizzle3nat 15 years ago
Ingredients
- 4 c. sifted all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1/4 c. granulated sugar shopping list
- 1 tsp. salt shopping list
- 1 tsp. double-acting baking powder shopping list
- 2 TBSP. caraway seeds shopping list
- 1/4 c. butter or margarine shopping list
- 2 c. light or dark raisins shopping list
- 1 1/3 c. buttermilk shopping list
- 1 egg, unbeaten shopping list
- 1 tsp. baking soda shopping list
- 1 egg yolk, or a little cream shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 2-quart casserole dish.
- Into mixing bowl, sift flour, sugar, salt, baking powder; stir in caraway seeds. With pastry blender or 2 knives, scissor-fashion, cut in butter till like coarse meal; stir in raisins.
- Combine buttermilk, egg, soda; stir into flour mixture till just moistened. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface; knead lightly until smooth; shape into ball. Place in casserole.
- With sharp knife, slash top of loaf two times in the shape of a cross, each slash 4 inches, and about a 1/4 inch deep in the center of the loaf. Brush with yolk, beaten with a fork. You can also brush the top with a little cream if you prefer.
- Bake bread about 1 hour and 20 min., or until cake tester, inserted in center, comes out clean.
- Cool bread in baking dish 10 min., then turn out on rack to finish cooling (yeah right - it won't last that long). Serve in slices.
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Ah yes-- I remember Irish soda bread well! It's an old, ancient recipe, but a mighty tasty one! FIVE :+D
chefelaine
in Muskoka loved it
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you have my attention, a good corned beef is just
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frodo
in meadville loved it
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opps i made a mistake, i was reading tcpr comment while typing, and started dreaming about a corned beef dish. 5 pts for the BREAD
frodo
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