mom's irish soda bread

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 cup buttermilk, divided
• 1 1/2 cups golden raisins
• 1/2 cup butter, melted - divided
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 55 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 15 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• grease a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate.
• spoon 1 tablespoon of the buttermilk into a small bowl; place remainder of 1 cup buttermilk into a separate bowl.
• stir golden raisins into the larger amount of buttermilk and allow raisins to soak while you complete the remaining steps.
• spoon 1 tablespoon of the melted butter into the small bowl with the tablespoon of buttermilk; stir to combine and set aside. set remaining melted butter aside.
• whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, pour in reserved butter, and stir until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• mix the egg into the flour mixture until thoroughly combined.
• mix the soaked raisins with buttermilk into dough and shape dough into a ball.
• place the ball of dough into prepared pie dish and lightly pat dough down so top is slightly domed.
• use a sharp knife to cut two crisscrossing lines through the center of the loaf about 1/4 inch deep.
• thoroughly brush buttermilk and butter mixture over the loaf, getting the mixture into the crevices.
• 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.