Mom's Irish Soda Bread
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
5 and 1/3 Tablespoons Butter
1/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup raisins
2 eggs
1/4 cup (approximately) buttermilk
1 egg for glazing
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cut butter into dry ingredients. Add sugar and stir
with fork. Add raisins and stir. Beat eggs into a measuring cup; add buttermilk to eggs until you have 3/4
cup of liquid (approximately 1/4 cup buttermilk). Make a well in the flour mixture and pour liquid into
center. Mix with a fork until all dry ingredients are moistened. Roll into a circle with your hands and pat
down slightly to flatten until it's about 1-1/2 inches thick. Place onto ungreased cake pan. Cut an X on the
top of bread with a knife. Beat another egg and glaze top. Place in preheated 325 degree oven for 45
minutes to 1 hour (until tester comes out clean).
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
5 and 1/3 Tablespoons Butter
1/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup raisins
2 eggs
1/4 cup (approximately) buttermilk
1 egg for glazing
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cut butter into dry ingredients. Add sugar and stir
with fork. Add raisins and stir. Beat eggs into a measuring cup; add buttermilk to eggs until you have 3/4
cup of liquid (approximately 1/4 cup buttermilk). Make a well in the flour mixture and pour liquid into
center. Mix with a fork until all dry ingredients are moistened. Roll into a circle with your hands and pat
down slightly to flatten until it's about 1-1/2 inches thick. Place onto ungreased cake pan. Cut an X on the
top of bread with a knife. Beat another egg and glaze top. Place in preheated 325 degree oven for 45
minutes to 1 hour (until tester comes out clean).
