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Mom's Irish Soda Bread Recipe

Recipe by: Katie O'

"Authentic Irish soda bread does not contain raisins, but I like mine with raisins so I include them. This is a very easy and delicious recipe."

Directions

1Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2Grease a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate.
3Spoon 1 tablespoon of the buttermilk into a small bowl; place remainder of 1 cup buttermilk into a separate bowl.
4Stir golden raisins into the larger amount of buttermilk and allow raisins to soak while you complete the remaining steps.
5Spoon 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.
6Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
7Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, pour in reserved butter, and stir until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
8Mix the egg into the flour mixture until thoroughly combined.
9Mix the soaked raisins with buttermilk into dough and shape dough into a ball.
10Place the ball of dough into prepared pie dish and lightly pat dough down so top is slightly domed.
11Use a sharp knife to cut two crisscrossing lines through the center of the loaf about 1/4 inch deep.
12Thoroughly brush buttermilk and butter mixture over the loaf, getting the mixture into the crevices.
13Bake in the preheated oven until loaf is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 55 minutes to 1 hour.