Irish Soda Bread

With it being St. Patrick's Day yesterday I have been making Irish/St. Patty's Day Food this week. I made Irish Soda Bread yesterday.

Irish Soda Bread

A very yummy sweet raisin bread!

Irish Soda Bread Recipe

• 4 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• dash of salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 2 1/2 cups raisins
• 2 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1 large egg
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 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 and egg to the dry ingredients and stir until incorporates - do not overmix. Pour mixture into pan(s) and cook for one hour or until toothpick comes out dry. For smaller loaves, check after 45 minutes. (I didn't have the right pan or parchement paper, so I sprayed a 9"x13" pan with cooking spray and baked for 45 minutes.)

A bunch of ingredients!

This was pretty hard to mix!

Before Baking

After Baking

It is so delicious and moist!

Things I've Learned

• This recipe is actually kind of large. Luckily we had a play date otherwise we would have been eating Irish bread for weeks!