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Irish soda bread with raisins on a wooden cutting board.

Irish Soda Bread

Amanda BC
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course bread
Cuisine Irish
Servings 8
Calories 344 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 3 1/2 cups white flour
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 4 tablespoons salted butter softened and cubed
  • 1 to 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup raisins

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F.
  • Mix the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
    Flour and dry ingredients in a mixing bowl for baking bread or cakes.
  • Rub in the softened and cubed butter using your fingertips until you get pea-sized crumbs.
  • Pour in the buttermilk and beaten egg. Then mix it with a wooden spatula to get a soft dough.
    Mixing Irish Soda Bread dough with a wooden spatula in a metal bowl.
  • Stir in the dry raisins.
    Stirring dry raisins into the dough for Irish Soda Bread.
  • Shape the dough into a large circular loaf and score it with a cross.
    Scoring Irish Soda Bread dough with a cross on a wooden board before baking.
  • Place the dough in a lightly oiled skillet, place the skillet in the oven, and bake the bread for 45-55 minutes.
    Unbaked Irish Soda Bread dough with raisins in a skillet.
  • Allow the bread to cool in the skillet. Once cooled, serve with butter or jam.
    Baked Irish Soda Bread with raisins cooling in a skillet.

Nutrition

Calories: 344kcalCarbohydrates: 60gProtein: 8gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gSodium: 927mgFiber: 3g
Keyword easy bread recipe, Irish soda bread, raisin bread, St. Patrick's Day recipe, traditional bread
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