Irish Soda Bread

[kitty]

Anyone have a really good recipe?
I have one, but always feel there may be a better one out there.

[sy]

Here's mine, it's served me well for years.


INGREDIENTS:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/3 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 cups buttermilk
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/2 tspn cinnamon
1/2 tspn nutmeg
1 cup raisins, cranberries, nuts, etc

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and baking soda. Blend egg and buttermilk together, and add all at once to the flour mixture. Mix just until moistened. Stir in butter. *Optional, add 1 cup raisins, dried cranberries, nuts, etc. Pour into prepared pan.

Bake for 65 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the bread comes out clean. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Cool on a wire rack.

[kitty]

sorry for posting in the wrong place...I've never even seen a "recipe" section

[OceanCityGirl]

i love irish soda bread. When I lived in Chicago there were great bakeries and irish stores which carried it. I guess I should try making it.

[OceanCityGirl]

kitty the other day I got moved and I never knew we have a joke thread

[kitty]

kitty the other day I got moved and I never knew we have a joke thread

I just know many people look at this thread...so I guess I better look elsewhere for some recipes!

[phjrsaunt]

I know, having a "jokes" forum for jokes and a "recipes" forum for recipes is just crazy enough to work!
(Seriously, ladies, sorry for any confusion)

[kitty]

I know, having a "jokes" forum for jokes and a "recipes" forum for recipes is just crazy enough to work!
(Seriously, ladies, sorry for any confusion)

no sarcasm necessary....we just know that few people frequent these threads...as evident by the fact that neither of us even knew they exisited.

[OceanCityGirl]

which is why if I had a question that I wanted answere i'd place it in off-topic. Then if it gets moved at least i'd have the post with a moved sign there and maybe somebody would answer me. If this thread had started on recipes I doubt you would have gotten a recipe.

[kitty]

which is why if I had a question that I wanted answere i'd place it in off-topic. Then if it gets moved at least i'd have the post with a moved sign there and maybe somebody would answer me. If this thread had started on recipes I doubt you would have gotten a recipe.

I haven't gotten any here yet...I did get one response in off topic section before this was moved...so either no one has a recipe for Irish soda bread...or no one comes here to discuss recipes???

[Tiki Bar]

I have 2 recipes in my collection for it: (from a Girl Scout project last year)
I haven't tried to make either of them, so I'm not sure which is better.

Irish Soda Bread

Ingredients

· 4 cups bleached all-purpose flour
· 1 tsp. baking soda
· 1 tsp. salt
· 1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
· 2 cups buttermilk
· 1 tsp. vegetable oil
· 4 slices bacon, chopped


Directions
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and black pepper in a large mixing bowl and stir to mix. Add the buttermilk and mix gently with a fork. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface. Gently fold the edges into each other four times, turn once, then pat the dough out into a circle out nine inches in diameter and about one inch thick. With a sharp knife, make two large slashes in the shape of a cross on the top.
3. Lightly grease a 2 x 10-inch round cake pan with the vegetable oil. Place the dough in it and sprinkle the top with the bacon. Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 400 degrees and bake until the bread is brown and sounds hollow when thumped with your fingers, about another 25 minutes.
4. Remove from the oven, then remove the bread from the pan and let cool on a wire rack before slicing to serve.


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Irish Soda Bread


3 cups all-purpose flour
¼ cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons unsalted butter (¼ cup)
2 tablespoons caraway seeds, OPTIONAL
1 cup golden raisins
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg



Preheat to 400 degrees.
In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt and stir well to mix.
Add the butter and mix in until the butter disappears into the dry ingredients.
Stir in the caraway seeds and the raisins.
In a small bowl, whisk the buttermilk and egg together and mix into the dough mixture with a rubber spatula.
Turn the dough out on a floured work surface and fold it over on itself several times, shaping it into a round loaf. Transfer the loaf to one cookie sheet or jelly roll pan covered with parchment or foil and cut a cross in the top.
Bake for 15 minutes then reduce heat to 350 and cook for about 15 to 20 minutes more, until well colored and a toothpick plunged into the center emerges clean.
Cool the soda bread on a rack and serve with butter and jam.

[Tiki Bar]

which is why if I had a question that I wanted answere i'd place it in off-topic. Then if it gets moved at least i'd have the post with a moved sign there and maybe somebody would answer me. If this thread had started on recipes I doubt you would have gotten a recipe.

I haven't gotten any here yet...I did get one response in off topic section before this was moved...so either no one has a recipe for Irish soda bread...or no one comes here to discuss recipes???

It's had 94 views... so it just seems to me that not many people have soda bread recipes.

If you go to the Index, you'll see BN has lots of different forums to meet many interests. Even though they're not quite as active as other forums, they still have good info in them. You just have to look around a bit!

I remember, not too long ago, when Off Topic would sit without a single post for days at a time... look at how that's changed!

[Brown Eyed Girl]

Or instead of making the bread you can go to Trader Joe's and buy their Irish Soda Bread, it's actually pretty good.

[CandyLMT]

I'm sorry I missed this for St Patty's Day! Irish soda bread was always a family favorite for us. We always served it with home made apple butter or toasted the next day with butter, cinnamon and sugar.
I have seen americanized versions calling for yeast, but traditionally baking soda is used in place of the yeast. When the bread is made with raisins it is called "spotted dog". After the bread is done baking, place a damp tea towel over the loaf to keep it moist.

Thanks for bringing up those memories

[iuparrothead]

Here's mine, it's served me well for years.


INGREDIENTS:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/3 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 cups buttermilk
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/2 tspn cinnamon
1/2 tspn nutmeg
1 cup raisins, cranberries, nuts, etc

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and baking soda. Blend egg and buttermilk together, and add all at once to the flour mixture. Mix just until moistened. Stir in butter. *Optional, add 1 cup raisins, dried cranberries, nuts, etc. Pour into prepared pan.

Bake for 65 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the bread comes out clean. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Cool on a wire rack.

Um... btw... this is a really good recipe! I tried it over the weekend and I loved it! I put golden raisins and pecans in it.