Annie's Irish Soda Bread
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Total Time: 30
Yield: 1 loaf
Watch here: Annie's Irish Soda Bread
Ingredients:
3 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for work surface1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/2 stick), melted
2 tablespoons caraway seeds (optional)
1 cup regular or golden raisins (or sultanas)
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg
Instructions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. In the bowl of a standing mixer with paddle attachment, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add butter, caraway seeds (if desired), and raisins. Combine just until incorporated. In a small bowl, whisk together buttermilk and egg. Add to dough and mix just until incorporated.
Turn dough onto a lightly floured work surface and fold it over onto itself two or three times, shaping it into a round, 8-inch loaf. Transfer loaf to a baking sheet lined with parchment or Silpat (a nonstick silicone baking mat). Score an "X" on the top of the dough. Bake 45 minutes, until well-browned and a toothpick plunged into the center emerges clean. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely before slicing. Serve with butter and your favorite jam or preserves.
Additional Notes:
Photo by Heath Robbins
VIDEO: Annie Cooks Irish Soda Bread
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I made this earlier today and just had two pieces with apricot jam on top. Delicious.
I made two loafs of the soda bread yesterday … easy and delicious, sent a loaf home with the grandboys.
This is great American-Irish soda bread. Sort of like a scone but less sweet. Best recipe I’ve ever tried for soda bread – and I’ve tried many!
Real Irish Soda Bread as my mother from Ireland made had no eggs, a little more butter and buttermilk. They used what was on the farm and eggs were too valuable to put into the bread.