Irish Soda Bread | Heirloom Recipe

By xraydj

This is a very good, sweet Irish soda bread. It is amazing when paired with a creamed ginger butter.

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 T baking powder
• 1 t salt
• 1 t baking soda
• 1/8 t cream of tartar
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
• 1 cup raisins (optional)
• 1 t caraway seed (optional)
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 2 eggs

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325F. Butter a 9 inch round pan or casserole.* Whisk together try ingredients. Add butter and blend until the mixture crumbles. Add raisin and caraway seeds if desired. In a separate bowl, mix buttermilk and eggs. Combine the buttermilk/egg mixture with the dry ingredient. Mix well. Form into a round loaf and place in prepared pan. Bake for about 75 minutes. Poke with toothpick -- it is done when the toothpick comes out clean. Let sit for 5 minutes then remove from pan and let cool on a wire rack.
* alternately, you can bake in a two bread loaf pans, but reduce the baking time to about 45-50 minutes.