Nana's Traditional Irish Soda Bread
This Irish quick bread with raisins is very easy and delicious. It has a cake-like texture that doesn't need anything on it to taste amazing. Simple ingredients yield an amazing bread loaf the entire family will love.
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 343kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 14 ounces Buttermilk (1-¾ cups)
- 1 Egg large
- 4 ½ cups All-Purpose flour divided (562 ½ grams)
- 3 Tablespoons Granulated Sugar (38 grams)
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 5 Tablespoons Unsalted butter Cold and cut into small pats (70 grams)
- 1 cup Raisins I used white. (150 grams)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400℉(204℃). ** Baking options for the baking pan are in the tips above. We used a seasoned cast iron skillet.
- Whisk the egg and buttermilk together then set aside.
- Whisk together 4-¼ cups (531-¼ grams) flour (the remaining ¼ cup flour will be for your hands and counter), granulated sugar, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl
- Using the pastry cutter, cut in the butter pieces into the flour mixture. You may also use a fork or your fingers.
- The mixture is very floury so do it may take a bit to get the butter mixed into the flour so that it turns into peas-sized crumbs.
- Stir in the raisins.
- Pour in the egg/buttermilk mixture. Gently fold the dough together until the dough is too stiff to stir.
- Transfer the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Flour your hands and work the dough into a ball.
- Knead the dough for about 30 seconds, until the flour is moistened. If you find the dough is too stick, add a bit more flour. It should pick up some of the flour from your work surface.
- Transfer the dough to the cast iron skillet or whatever prepared pan you plan to use.
- With a sharp knife or lame, slash an X onto the top of the soda bread.
- Bake until the bread is a golden brown and the cut center appears cooked through, about 45 minutes. If you find the the bread is browning too quickly, loosely cover the bread with aluminum foil.
- Remove the bread from the oven and allow the bread to cool for 10 minutes in the skillet.
- Remove the bread from the skillet and transfer it to a wire rack to finish cooling.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
Nutrition
Calories: 343kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 396mg | Potassium: 241mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 264IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 62mg | Iron: 3mg