Irish Soda Bread

flour

sugar

baking powder

salt

baking soda

(1 stick) butter

caraway seeds

buttermilk

egg, slightly beaten

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Generously butter 2 (9 by 5-inch) bread pans.

Stir together the sifted flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Cut in the butter and mix very thoroughly with your hands until it gets grainy. Stir in raisins and caraway seeds.

Add the buttermilk and egg to the flour mixture. Stir until well moistened. Shape dough into 2 loaves and place in the pans.

Bake for 1 hour. Test with a toothpick for doneness. Cool in the pans for 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

It is a fantastic recipe that I will recommend. I omitted the raisins and formed four traditional round loaves. Actually, I had run out of milk so I substituted a half pint of heavy cream and the remainder with evaporated milk and it turned out fantastic!

I made 3 batches of this recipe and EVERYONE enjoyed every bite!!!  Although I'm not a fan of caraway seeds so they were not used in my recipes.  I also didn't use the loaf pan and was able to split the very gooey dough in two within two ounces of each other.  I only had 2 cups of raisins like Anonymous below and it was enough.  I may make a note to cut the sugar to 2 cups since numerous reviewers mentioned that. 

First mixed as directed only adjustment being to reduce sugar to 1/2 cup, but found dough to be extremely wet so I added one cup more a/p flour.   It worked out perfectly.  I didn't want a loaf so just made the typical round loaf.  Turned out great

Excellent recipe!  Loved the soft texture.  Very moist.  The only change I made was to use 2 cups of raisins instead of 2 1/2 because that's all I had.  It turns out that I don't think I would want any more raisins, so in the future I will continue with just 2 cups.  Used 7 mini loaf pans instead of 2 regular sized pans because I wanted it to bake faster (took about 35-40 min.).  I also dusted the tops with confectioners sugar while they were cooling.  Delicious!

Call this bread Irish, Italian, or otherwise, it's good.  I used to always make Ina's soda bread and still like it, but this one uses one cup more of flour and makes 2 loaves in a tin, which I wanted to do so I could easy wrap and give one away.  This recipe and Ina's are very similar, so I like them both.  I cut back on the sugar a bit bc I didn't want it too sweet, and since many others said there were too many raisins, I cut back on that a bit too...I followed the recipe and cooking time and it was spot on. We already almost finished one loaf today on St. Paddy's Day.

I cut the buttermilk to 1 cup and the raisins to 1 cup.  Next time I will reduce the sugar and this will taste  like my girlfriend's Irish grandmother's recipe.

It is St. Patrick's Day and I was craving Irish Soda bread.  This was so good.  I used 1/2 whole spelt flour and it gave a nutty taste to the bread.  I also used olive oil instead of butter.  The batter was a little wet, but it didn't make a difference since it was baked in a pan.   I love raisins and it was the perfect amount.  It also rose beautifully.  Will definitely make again!

irish soda bread

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hours

Total: 1 hours, 40 minutes

Servings: 2

Author : Food Network

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