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Mother's Irish Soda Bread Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
4 cups sifted all purpose flour
1/4 cup of sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbspn of caraway seeds
1/4 cup of butter or margarine
2 cups of raisins one golden one dark
1 1/3 cups of buttermilk( reg milk can be used with a tspn of vinegar)
1 egg unbeaten
1 tsp of baking soda

Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a casserole. Into a mixing bowl add flour, sugar, salt baking powder; stir in carraway seeds. Using a knife or pastry cutter cut butter into the mix making it like coarse corn meal. Stir in raisins. Combine buttermilk , egg and soda into flour until moistened. Turn dough on floured surface and knead lightly until smooth. Place in casserole then take a knife and make a cross on top of the bread. Brush with egg yolk beaten with a fork. Bake one hour and ten minutes or until done use cake tester. Remove and cool before slicing.

Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
depends on thickness of slices up to 10
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
35 min
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This is a delicious bread that we enjoy not only for Saint Patrick day but all year long. This bread my own mother made and though she was not the best cook in the world this was delicious.

 

 

 

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