Sweet Irish Soda Bread Recipe + Video
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Sweet Irish Soda Bread Recipe + Video
Description
This Sweet Irish Soda Bread recipe uses a mixture of all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, combined with unsalted butter, buttermilk, egg, raisins, and caraway seeds. The dough is more like a thick cake batter than typical bread dough, making it quick to prepare without kneading. After soaking the raisins to plump them, they are mixed into the batter along with caraway seeds, which add a subtle anise-like flavor.
The batter is divided into two loaf pans, topped with turbinado sugar for a crunchy, shimmering crust, and baked at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about an hour. The resulting bread is moist and slightly sweet with bursts of raisin and aromatic caraway throughout. It is best enjoyed sliced with butter or preserves.
Adjustments may be necessary if the buttermilk used varies in thickness; a thicker dough can be shaped directly into loaves if needed.
Ingredients
- 5 cups all-purpose flour sifted
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup butter unsalted
- 2 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 egg large
- 2 1/2 cups raisins mixed light and dark
- 3 tablespoons caraway seeds
- turbinado sugar for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Generously butter two 9x5-inch bread pans. Soak the raisins in hot water for 15-20 minutes, then drain well.
- Stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Cut the butter into cubes and mix very thoroughly with the flour, by hand, until it looks grainy. Stir in the drained raisins and caraway seeds.
- Add the buttermilk and egg to the flour mixture. Stir well. The dough should resemble thick cake batter. Equally fill 2 loaf pans. Then sprinkle the top of each with turbinado sugar to make it shimmery.
- Bake for 60-70 minutes. Test with a toothpick for doneness. Cool in the pans for 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Notes
- Soak raisins in hot water for 15-20 minutes before mixing to soften and plump them.
- Buttermilk thickness varies by brand; if dough is too thick, shape loaves directly rather than adding liquid.
- Turbinado sugar sprinkled on top creates a crunchy, shimmering crust after baking.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 2loaves
Amount Per Serving
Calories 220 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1slice | |
| Calories | 220kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 40g | 13% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 20mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 226mg | 9% |
| Potassium | 233mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 175IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 59mg | 6% |
| Iron | 1.8mg | 10% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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