Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Irish Soda Bread Recipe

By popular demand, here is the recipe for the bread I made on St. Paddy's Day:

5 cups flour
1 cup sugar (I think you could use less)
1 tbs baking powder
1 1/2 ts salt
1 ts baking soda
1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces, room temperature
2 1/2 cup raisins
3 tbs caraway seeds
2 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 large egg

Preheat oven to 350.
Butter a 10-12" ovenproof skillet.
Whisk first 5 ingredients in a large bowl.
Add butter using fingertips.
Stir in raisins and caraway seeds.
Whisk buttermilk and egg in bowl to blend, then add to dough.
Blend until well-incorporated, dough is VERY sticky!
Place dough in skillet.
Cut X in top of dough using small, sharp knife.
Bake approx. 1hr 15 min or until knife/tester comes out clean.
Cool 10 minutes in skillet.
Let cool completely on wire rack.

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