Marilyn O'Reilly's Irish Soda Bread
Serves: 4
Meagan Lindgren
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
45
Spice
65
Sweetness
48
Sourness
37
mins
Prep time (avg)
6
Difficulty
Ingredients:
3 cups
All-Purpose Flour1 cup
Sugar1 tbsp
Baking Powder1 tsp
Baking Soda1 tsp
Salt4 tbsps
Unsalted Butter (1/4 cup)2 tbsps
Caraway Seeds (optional)1 cup
Raisin1 cup
Buttermilk1
EggDirections:
1
Set a rack in the middle level of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees
2
In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt and stir well to mix
3
Add the butter and rub in until the butter disappears into the dry ingredients
4
Stir in the caraway seeds if used and the raisins
5
In a small bowl, whisk the buttermilk and egg together and mix into the dough mixture with a rubber spatula
6
Turn the dough out on a floured work surface and fold it over on itself several times, shaping it into a round loaf
7
Transfer the loaf to one cookie sheet or jelly roll pan covered with parchment or foil and cut a cross in the top
8
Bake for 15 minutes then reduce heat to 350 and cook for about 15 to 20 minutes more, until well colored and a toothpick plunged into the center emerges clean
9
Cool the soda bread on a rack and serve with plenty of sweet butter and bitter orange marmalade