(Makes one 7-inch round loaf)
Here is a recipe for Irish Soda Bread just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. It is a quick and easy way to make a tasty bread. It is full of flavor with the caraway seeds, and the addition of golden raisins add just the right touch of sweetness.
What You Will Need
| 2⅓ cups | All-purpose flour |
| 1 tsp. | Baking soda |
| 1 tsp. | Kosher salt |
| 2 tsp. | Sugar |
| 1 Tbsp. | Caraway seeds |
| ⅔ cup | Sultanas (golden raisins) |
| 1 cup + 2 Tbsp. | Well-shaken buttermilk |
| 1½ Tbsp. | Melted butter |
How To Make Irish Soda Bread
Preheat oven to 375ºF. with the rack placed in the center rung.
Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Stir in the sugar, caraway seeds and raisins. Add buttermilk and stir just until dough is evenly moistened but still lumpy.
Turn dough out onto a floured work surface and gently knead with floured hands about 8 times, until slightly less sticky but still soft.
Pat out the dough ball into a domed 7-inch round on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet pan. Cut a large ½-inch-deep X in top of the loaf with a sharp paring knife and brush with melted butter.
Bake 35-40 minutes or until golden brown and bottom sounds hollow when tapped. Cool on rack for 2 hours before slicing.