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| Soda bread just out of the oven. |
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| Slice a piece and serve with soft butter. |
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| I like it sliced in wedges. |
This is the best Irish Soda Bread recipe you will find. It is moist and delicious.
Ingredients
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
3 tbs. sugar + addt’l for top
3 tbs. butter, slightly
softened
1/3 cup currants
1 tbs. caraway seeds
1 cup buttermilk (this is the key ingredient)
Preheat oven to 375.
In mixer bowl, combine the
flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix in butter and mix until
crumbly. Add currants and caraway seeds. Pour in buttermilk and mix until
combined.
Take the dough out of the
bowl and place onto a floured board and knead for 1 minute (add a little bit of
flour so that it not too stick- but not too much). Roll the dough into a ball
and pat down to about 2 inches thick. Slash a large X, about an inch deep,
across the dough. Sprinkle well with additional sugar.
Bake for 25 minutes until
light golden brown. Cool on rack and serve warm (with lots of soft butter).
Yum!!
