Irish Soda Bread

"Recipe courtesy Brother Rick Curry, The Secrets of Jesuit Breadmaking"
 
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photo by LindsayZ photo by LindsayZ
Ready In:
1hr 20mins
Ingredients:
11
Yields:
2 loaves
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°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.

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Reviews

  1. I have made this recipe for the past 3 years for St. Patty's Day. Everyone in my family and at the office loves it! I always bake it in two loaf pans. The only alterations to the recipe that I make are the following: I sour skim milk with vinegar instead of purchasing buttermilk (1T vinegar to make one cup) and I mix the raisins in the batter after the soured milk and egg, otherwise the raisins will bake with a dry flour coating because they are wet from soaking in hot water. I might need to make a second batch before the end of the week!
     
  2. I made this for my family and five others. They seemed to like it. It’s closest to a family recipe we had.
     
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