Weather you are Irish or not {like me}, everyone is a little Irish on St Patricks Day. We celebrated a little early, having our family over yesterday for the whole 9 yards… corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, carrots and of course Irish Soda Bread! I LOVE Irish Soda Bread!! I don’t know why we only eat it once a year, thats just crazy! Its so so good! Nice crusty exterior, tender raisin packed inside and just perfect with some Irish butter!
This was the first time I made my own Irish Soda Bread and it came out so good that I made 3 loaves! This bread is really pretty simple to make. You mix the ingredients in a bowl and knead a few times then bake until golden. There are so many variations out there for Irish Soda Bread; with or without raisins, sweet or not, some use caraway seeds. Heres what I think, make the kind that you will enjoy eating. I happen to love raisins so mine is pretty well packed with them. This bread is very lightly sweetened. This bread is best served fresh out of the oven or within a day or two slightly warmed in the oven. I also love to sliced, toast and slater with Irish style butter, its so so delicious!
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 6 Tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3/4- 1 cup raisins
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- In a bowl, stir together the dry ingredients, the flours, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
- Stir in the raisins to distribute evenly.
- Stir in the buttermilk until mostly combined, Do not over mix.
- Pour the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead 5-6 times to bring the ingredients all together and form the loaf.
- Place onto a lined baking sheet and allow to rest for 10 minutes.
- Bake for approx 45 minutes until lightly golden. {NOTE: depending on how high of a loaf you make the baking time will vary.}
- Allow to rest prior to slicing.
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