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The summer of my 15th year was spent in Ireland, friendships and memories were formed that will last my entire life.

Irish Soda Bread

Course: Bread, Breakfast
Cuisine: Irish American, Irish,
Keyword: irish soda bread, soda bread recipe
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 60 minutes
Calories: 91kcal
Irish Soda Bread recipe with raisins. This is sweeter and moister vs the traditional you may find in the grocery store. Make it all year long.
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Ingredients

  • 4 ½ cups of flour
  • 1 ¼ cup sugar
  • 2 ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • dash of salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ cup melted butter
  • 2 cups raisins
  • 2 cups buttermilk
  • ½ cup cup heavy cream
  • 1 large egg

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Use a 10-12 inch ovenproof skillet with 2-inch or better sides or 2 cake pans. Cut a circle of parchment paper out and line your pan(s).  Whisk the first 5 ingredients in a large bowl until blended.
  • Add in the butter and raisins and stir well.  
  • Add buttermilk, heavy cream and egg to the dry ingredients and stir until incorporated - do not over mix and do nit use a mixer for this, use a spatula by hand.  
  • Pour mixture into pan(s) and cook for one hour or until toothpick or skewer inserted comes out dry. For smaller loaves, check after 45 minutes, it will most likely be done at the 1 hour mark. Once a wooden skewer inserted comes out not "wet" it's done. Cool a bit then flip out of the pan(s) and peel off parchment paper.
  • Serve warm out of the oven with a bit of butter or heat up a slice in your microwave anytime and enjoy the added perk of the wonderful smell in your home! I love to bring this to new neighbors as a hello!

Nutrition

Serving: 12servings | Calories: 91kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 60mg | Potassium: 64mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 94IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 1mg