Irish Soda Bread
An easy recipe for moist and tasty Irish Soda Bread
Ingredients
- 4 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 5 tbsp butter softened
- 4 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 cup raisins
Egg Wash
- 1 large egg
- 1 tbsp water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Everything can be mixed together in one large bowl.
- In the large bowl, whisk together 4 cups of flour and 1 tsp of baking soda.
- Add the softened butter (very soft!), brown sugar, egg, and buttermilk to the flour and baking soda. Mix together using a wooden spoon or a spatula. Make sure to mix up from the bottom.
- If the mixture gets too thick to mix with the spoon, you can finish mixing with your hands.
- Once the dough is combined, add the raisins. I also mixed these in my hand.
- Lightly flour your work surface and turn out the dough.
- Knead just a few times and then form circle with the dough. You don't need to flatten it out.
- Place the dough on the prepared baking sheet.
- Score an X in the top with a very sharp knife.
- Beat together the second egg and 1 tablespoon of water in a cup.
- Spread the egg wash over the surface of the bread dough with a pastry brush.
- Bake the bread until the center is no longer gooey with a wooden skewer is poked through the middle, about 55 minutes. Make sure you try this is a few spots. In addition, Irish soda bread is cooked at an internal temp of about 200-205 degrees F. I used a cooking thermometer to test it out. NOTE: All ovens are different. I would probably start checking for doneness at 45 minutes.
