Authentic Irish soda bread does not contain raisins, but I like mine with raisins so I include them. This is a very easy and delicious Irish soda bread recipe.
Ingredients
- buttermilk: 1 cup (divided)
- butter: 0.5 cup (melted, divided)
- ½ cups golden raisins: 1 piece
- all-purpose flour: 4 cups
- white sugar: 0.25 cup
- baking powder: 1 Tbsp
- baking soda: 1 tsp
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- egg: 1 piece
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch pie plate.
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Spoon 1 tablespoon buttermilk into a small bowl; pour remaining buttermilk into a medium bowl.
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Stir 1 tablespoon melted butter into buttermilk in the small bowl until combined. Stir golden raisins into buttermilk in the medium bowl. Let both bowls sit until needed.
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Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the center and pour in remaining melted butter; stir until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add egg and mix until thoroughly combined.
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Add buttermilk-raisin mixture to flour mixture; shape into a ball. Transfer dough to the prepared pie dish and lightly pat around the edges so the top is slightly domed. Slice the top in a 1/4-inch deep crisscross with a sharp knife. Brush buttermilk-butter mixture over loaf until thoroughly coated, getting mixture into all crevices.
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Bake in the preheated oven until loaf is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 55 minutes to 1 hour.
