Soda Bread

Serves: 4

Weldon Lockman

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

51

Spice

49

Sweetness

51

Sourness

44

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.4

Difficulty

Ingredients:

3.75 cups

All-Purpose Flour

2 tsps

Baking Soda

1 tsp

Kosher Salt

4 tbsps

Butter (cubed)

1 tbsp

Caraway Seeds

1 cup

Raisin

Directions:

1

Watch how to make this recipe

2

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F

3

Arrange the oven rack to the middle row

4

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper

5

Add the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt to a large bowl and whisk to blend

6

Toss in the butter and cut in using a fork until it looks like little pebbles

7

Add in the caraway seeds, 1 1/4 cup buttermilk and the raisins and stir until it looks like a dry biscuit dough

8

Knead for 1 minute or so until the dough comes together

9

Form into a 7-inch diameter round ball and place on the prepared baking sheet

10

Brush the round with the remaining buttermilk, and then score an X on the top of the round using a sharp knife

11

Bake until golden brown and when a wooden skewer inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes

12

Let cool on a wire rack before slicing