Delicious Irish Soda Bread Recipe
Are you looking for a tasty Irish Soda Bread recipe? It is an European kitchen invention. Indulge yourself in this Irish Soda Bread as Side Dish. Make this Irish Soda Bread popular amongst your friends and let them know how good it tastes.
Ingredients
4 cups unsifted regular all-purpose flour (or use 2 cups whole wheat flour and 2 cups regular flour)
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
1/4 cup sugar (optional)
1/8 teaspoon cardamom or coriander (optional)
1/4 cup (1/8 lb.) butter or margarine
2 cups currants or seedless raisins (optional)
1 egg
1 3/4 cups buttermilk (or regular milk plus 5 teaspoons vinegar)
Directions
Combine in a large bowl the flour, salt, baking powder, soda, sugar and spice, if used.
Add butter or margarine, and cut in with a pastry blender or two knives until crumbly.
Mix in currants if used.
Beat egg slightly and mix with buttermilk; add to dry ingredients and stir until blended.
Turn out on a floured board and knead until smooth, 2 or 3 minutes.
Divide dough in half, and shape each into a round loaf; place each loaf in an 8-inch cake or pie pan.
Press down until dough fills pans.
With a sharp knife, cut crosses on tops of loaves, about 1/2 inch deep in the middle.
Bake in a 375° oven for 35 to 40 minutes.
Add butter or margarine, and cut in with a pastry blender or two knives until crumbly.
Mix in currants if used.
Beat egg slightly and mix with buttermilk; add to dry ingredients and stir until blended.
Turn out on a floured board and knead until smooth, 2 or 3 minutes.
Divide dough in half, and shape each into a round loaf; place each loaf in an 8-inch cake or pie pan.
Press down until dough fills pans.
With a sharp knife, cut crosses on tops of loaves, about 1/2 inch deep in the middle.
Bake in a 375° oven for 35 to 40 minutes.
