Irish Soda Bread
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
16 Wedges
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 3 1⁄4 cups flour
- 1⁄3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup cold butter (1 stick of salted)
- 1 1⁄3 cups buttermilk
- 1 cup currants (or you can use raisins)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
directions
- Sift flour, 1/3 cup of the sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
- Cut in butter with 2 knives until you get coarse crumbs. (by hand works better than the knives).
- Add buttermilk and currants together in a separate bowl then mix into dry ingredients.
- Turn out dough onto floured board or counter, knead about 12 times.
- Shape into round loaf, 2-1/2 inches thick. Place on greased baking sheet. (I line my sheet with aluminum foil and spray that instead�less mess!) Cut deep 1/2-inch cross in top of dough.
- Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoons sugar.
- Bake for about 45 minutes or until golden brown at 350. Cool on wire rack.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
A Jersey Girl uprooted and moved to the eastern panhandle of West Virginia.
I love to cook and trying new and different recipes is my favorite Sunday activity.