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Irish Soda Bread

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This post originally published on March 14, 2011. Photos updated on March 1, 2016. 

I avoid the Irish soda bread trend every Saint Patrick’s Day. Partly because I’m a party pooper and only do themed posts for the super important holidays but mostly because every other food blogger has a post about soda bread going up about this time. Plus bread with raisins? That doesn’t even have yeast? Not my thing.

As I mentioned in my recent post about pasta with raisins, I’m trying to be more open-minded with food and even though I was convinced this was going to come out as a hard disk filled with sugary-sweet raisins, I forged ahead. (It’s also a good idea to ask someone you really trust for a recipe!)

I cannot tell you how shocked I am! This bread reminds me of something, maybe a biscuit? It’s soft and fluffy inside with little pockets of sweetness from the raisins and richness from the butter. I’m not sure you could make a better bread, to be completely honest. And I threw it all together in about 15 minutes! Seriously.

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Irish Soda Bread
Ingredients
  • 4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour plus more for kneading
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter cold
  • 1 cup currants or raisins
  • 1 egg slightly beaten
  • 1-3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • granulated sugar for sprinkling
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375F. Combine flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and sugar. Add butter and cut in until crumbly. Stir in the raisins.
  2. Combine egg and buttermilk and add to dry ingredients. Stir until blended.
  3. Turn the dough out onto a wooden board sprinkled with flour. Knead the dough for a minute, no longer. If the dough is a little sticky, dust with some extra flour. Take care not to overwork the dough, or the bread will be tough.
  4. Divide dough in half and shape each into a round loaf. Place each loaf into an 8-inch round cake pan or on a large baking sheet. Cut a cross on top of each loaf, about 1/2-inch deep. Then brush each with milk and sprinkle sugar on the top.
  5. Bake 35-40 minutes until golden. Remove from pans and cool on a wire rack. Slice to serve.

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Filed Under: breads Tagged With: bread, raisins

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  1. Breige says

    Mar 15, 2011 at 10:34 am

    Hey, this is a VERY important holiday! ;)

    Looks great! Though I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen a soda bread made here with raisins, but that could just be the way my family makes it!

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  2. Pam @ From Apples To Zucchini says

    Mar 15, 2011 at 10:55 am

    Um…I don’t know about the whole fruit thing. I liked mine plain. It looks really good, though! I can’t believe you got this up so fast!

    Reply
  3. Meaghan says

    Mar 15, 2011 at 11:02 am

    As a proud Irish American, soda bread is one of my favorite foods. No joke, I have eaten 3 pieces today alone. My recipe is very very similar, but calls for 1T of caraway seeds.

    (And to me, the texture has always been similar to a scone)

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  4. yummychunklet says

    Mar 16, 2011 at 6:23 pm

    Ooh! I’m going to try this because I’m on a mission to use up my buttermilk. However, I’m definitely going to leave out the raisins. =D Great post!

    Reply
  5. Kristen says

    Mar 16, 2011 at 9:43 pm

    Thank Christ you posted this. I’m going to have my first attempt at making A) bread in general and B) soda bread tomorrow and I needed a recipe where it wasn’t required that I use a stand mixer or didn’t require Crisco and a recipe from someone I trusted. I might swap out the raisins for Craisins since I have a massive bag on hand. I’ll let you know how it all pans out!

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    • Kristen says

      Mar 18, 2011 at 8:14 pm

      It turned out great! Here’s a picture of my bread. Thanks so much! Everyone loved it and asked for the recipe. Of course, I passed yours along. :)

      http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/punchxdrunk/IMG_1841.jpg

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      • amanda says

        Mar 19, 2011 at 4:18 am

        Yay, it looks like it turned out delicious! So glad you guys liked it! :)

        Reply
  6. Ryan says

    Mar 17, 2011 at 5:14 am

    I have always wondered what Irish Soda Bread tasted like but have never had it either. I had no idea it was so good or that you could make it so easily! It looks so impressive. I’ll have to try it belatedly.

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  7. Sonia | Food Obsessed says

    May 12, 2011 at 4:24 pm

    What a beautiful, delicious looking bread! I want to sink my teeth into it like right now. This is sooooo going on my “must try list”

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  8. Skye Rivers says

    Jun 16, 2011 at 1:30 pm

    Irish Soda Bread ROCKS! We usually get it here in AZ at a place called Sprouts, but now that you have supplied me with the recipe, me and my son Gomer are really excited to try it. Thank you so much from all of us here @ Little Little Land Ranch. Skye Rivers

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  9. Frances says

    Feb 19, 2012 at 12:56 pm

    I made this today, for the first time ever, and it was fantastic! I grew up in Ireland and this recipe was just like I had as a child, including the raisins! Thank you for posting!

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  10. Jess @ Flying on Jess Fuel says

    Mar 02, 2016 at 4:17 pm

    Irish Soda Bread is the best!! I kinda think it’s a little scone-like… one of my fave breakfast treats. And I love celebrating every holiday, so this is perfect for St. Patty’s!

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