Irish Soda Bread

11 ingredients
1 steps

Ingredients

  • 1/4 lb. butter
  • 4 c. flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/4 c. sugar
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/4 c. buttermilk (approximately)
  • 2 c. raisins
  • 1/3 c. currants (optional)
  • 2 Tbsp. caraway seed (optional)

Directions

  1. 1
    ["In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and caraway seed.", "Cut butter into flour until crumbly.", "Add beaten eggs to dry mixture.", "Mix in raisins, currants and buttermilk and stir into a soft dough.", "With floured hands, knead dough lightly and quickly into a ball.", "Shape dough into approximately a seven-inch round and place in a nine-inch pie tin.", "Cut a deep cross with a floured knife into the dough, marking it into quarters, called \"farls\"".""

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